A new edition of Orwell's wild satirical story about the Soviet Revolution, introduced and annotated by his biographer, D.J. Taylor. Published in 1945, just as the Allied forces began distributing the post-war world, this satirical story about the Soviet Revolution was immediately recognized as a classic work of the Cold War. Set in the English countryside in the early years of the twentieth century, this is the story of a revolution that fails, carried out by revolutionaries who quickly become what they are trying to destroy. This new edition includes an introduction and extensive notes, as well as an appendix containing original responses to the novel, as well as letters and documents from the period during which 'Animal Farm' was written. Pages: 144, Year of Publication: 0608, Dimensions: 12.6x12.6cm