George Orwell was one of the most visionary authors of the 20th century, whose novels 1984 and Animal Farm foretold a ...

The British writer was satirizing Stalinism in his novel, but the story is a warning against any form of totalitarianism and ...

Acclaimed director Raoul Peck blends historical clips, Orwell’s diary, cinematic references, and modern footage to craft a fresh portrait of George Orwell. Exploring the visionary author of 1984 and ...

On its 80th anniversary, Animal Farm remains relevant not because it predicts one political ideology’s failings, but because ...

Like the even more celebrated "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1949), Orwell's "Animal Farm" — marking its 80th anniversary this month ...

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a crucial book for understanding rising authoritarianism. We need it more than ever.

Animal Farm is a melancholy reflection on the corruption of revolution – and the need to keep looking for a better one.

GEORGE ORWELL’S Animal Farm (1945) turned 80 on Aug. 17. If there’s one thing every student of history or politics knows, it’s that the novella is not really about animals. Sure, the principal ...

The specific case against Stalin in Animal Farm regards the Bolshevik Revolution. Upon Lenin’s death in 1922, Stalin jockeyed ...

It was one of the first books that grabbed my attention as a young adult, and it turned into a gateway drug to Orwell’s 1984, quickly followed by Huxley’s Brave New World, and then, eventually, ...

One of George Orwell 's best-known novels, Animal Farm, will be turned into a video game to be released sometime this Fall.