On the 80th anniversary of the publication of George Orwell's powerful political satire Animal Farm, we hear about the author's motivations and the power of his storytelling from Professor Jean Seaton ...

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

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

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

Orwell wrote his short, shocking novel at a time when it was considered scientifically inadmissible for animals to be granted ...

Sometimes called the conscience of a generation, Orwell is best known for two novels: Animal Farm and 1984. Both books, published toward the end of Orwell’s life, are often assigned to middle and high ...

Written by visionary George Orwell, "Animal Farm," a political fable still studied all over the world, was published on this day in history, Aug. 17, 1945.

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

A critically acclaimed Australian stage adaptation of George Orwell's novel 1984 attracts full houses as it tours across the ...

Vladimir Putin’s encounter with Donald Trump in Anchorage summons bad memories of past summits in Munich or Yalta, in which ...

He could tell the truth. Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell with a new introduction by Jeremy Paxman, Penguin Classics, £9.99. This article was first published in 2009 ...