![]() ![]() ![]() Read more: Rethinking the Cold War: East and West Germany inseparable in historic photos The novella remains a bestseller to this day Some animals are more equal than others Yet in 1945, British publishing company Secker & Warburg agreed to print it. What seemed at first glance like a harmless children's story was in reality a grim satire and a harsh indictment of Stalin's dictatorship in the Soviet Union. And because Britain was allied with the Soviet Union against the Nazis in the ongoing Second World War at the time, finding a publisher was no easy feat. Orwell wrote the book from the end of 1943 and into 1944 and was initially unable to find a publisher in the UK. The master of social commentary could not have guessed that Animal Farm would become a classic of political literature that remains ever-so-relevant 75 years after it was first published. ![]() With these words Orwell (1903 - 1950), whose real name was Eric Arthur Blair, begins his story about farm animals plotting a revolution against their exploitative, alcoholic owner. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes." George Orwell's famous tale is set on a farm and begins with the simple lines: "Mr. ![]()
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