Who wrote the novel 'Animal Farm'?

"Animal Farm" is a short allegorical novel (a "fairy story") by the British writer George Orwell, published in August 1945.

About the novel:

The animals of Manor Farm, led by the pigs, rebel against their human owner, Mr. Jones, and take over the farm, renaming it "Animal Farm". They hope to create a society where all animals are equal.

Gradually, the pigs, especially Napoleon, take control and become as cruel as the humans they replaced.

The famous line "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others" sums up the betrayal of the revolution.

The story is an allegory of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the rise of Joseph Stalin. Napoleon represents Stalin, Snowball represents Leon Trotsky, and Old Major represents Karl Marx and Lenin.

About George Orwell (1903-1950):

• His real name was Eric Arthur Blair.
• He was born in Motihari, Bihar, India, where his father worked in the opium department of the British government.
• He served in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, which he described in "Burmese Days" (1934) and the essay "Shooting an Elephant".
• He fought in the Spanish Civil War, described in "Homage to Catalonia" (1938).

His last major novel, "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1949), describes a totalitarian state ruled by "Big Brother". Terms such as "Big Brother", "doublethink", "thought police" and "Orwellian" come from it.

Other famous English novels:

• Aldous Huxley: "Brave New World" (1932), another dystopian novel.
• G. Wells: "The Time Machine", "The Invisible Man" and "The War of the Worlds".
• Jonathan Swift: "Gulliver's Travels" (1726), a satire.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Aldous Huxley wrote "Brave New World".
• ✗G. Wells wrote "The Time Machine" and "The Invisible Man".
• ✗Jonathan Swift wrote "Gulliver's Travels".