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Animal Farm
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
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Summary
Just as relevant today as it was when it was first published, this classic work of fiction is given a new lease of life through Simon Callow's imaginative narration. First-time listeners and Orwell veterans alike will delight in this audiobook version.
Animal Farm is George Orwell's great socio-political allegory set in a farmyard, where the animals decide to seize the farmer's land and create a co-operative that reaps the benefits of their combined labours.
However, as with all great political plans, some animals see a bigger share of the rewards than others, and the animals start to question their supposed utopia. They decide that working for humans is doing them no favours, so under the leadership of Napoleon, the only Berkshire Boar on the farm, and the other pigs, they drive out the farmer and his cohorts and set about structuring their own society.
Based on a list of supposedly animal-friendly rules such as "four legs good, two legs baaaaad", the animals work together to harvest their own food and run their own farm. However, little by little, the rules begin to mysteriously change, and the pigs seem to gain power little by little, making the animals question what society they were striving for in the first place and whether their new-found freedom is as liberating as they might have hoped.
With direct allusions to political figures such as Lenin, Marx, Trotsky, Stalin, and Molitov, to name but a few, Animal Farm is one of the greatest socio-political works of all time, and this UNABRIDGED audio does it absolute justice.
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- CaWa
- 26-06-15
Not to be missed
I've always wanted to read this book and had a vague idea what to expect. The reader is outstanding and has immense skill in bringing the story to life, I must say I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it really reminded me in many ways of a place I used to work! (all employees were equal there too, till it came to holidays, perks, breaks, sick leave, pay.... Let's leave it there, that's another ( far less interesting) story)
Callow is a warm, creative narrator and the brief musical interludes really work well, enjoy .
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- papapownall
- 28-10-19
As relevant today as it was in 1945
George Orwell wrote Animal Farm just after the end of the Second World War as a satire on totalitarianism and, in particular, the threat he saw from the evils of Stalinism. The simplicity of the animal based story is easily understood and serves as a warning to future generations about the corruptive impact of power.
Seventy five years later we are in a world of "post truth" and "fake news" where the Leader Of The Free World openly and gratuitously claims his own version of what is and what is now a fact in a similar way that the Napoleon and the pigs of Animal Farm re-wrote the Seven Commandments to revise historical events and to sate their quest for absolute power.
The sad fact is that Animal Farm is as relevant today as it was in 1945.
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- Katy Skelton
- 15-01-20
Simon Callow is (obviously) superb
story is classically Orwellianly marvelous! if you're not into classics this will change your mind
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- Richard McCrory
- 11-02-20
Simon Callow's narration makes it!
Animal Farm was not in the booklist at school, so hearing it now was an apt introduction to Orwell more broadly. I need to seek out more performances like this.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-01-17
Definitely worth a listen
This was my first time reading/listening to Animal Farm and you can see what all the fuss is about! A very simple, predictable (if you know a bit about history) story but very effectively told by Orwell with a stoic tone that added a lot to my understanding how people/animals(!) come to accept despotic leaders. Simon Callow reads excellently, with perfect voices for different characters.
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- bianca
- 07-09-16
Exceptionally good, and living up to the hype
An amazing listen with character parts read in such a way to really invest you into the story. A true reflection of the greed of our society
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- Justine McGrady
- 05-03-18
Fabulously narrated!
A wonderful narration of a brilliant classic. Fast paced and authoritative. I thoroughly recommend it.
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- Kindle Customer
- 16-04-18
classic
great story perfectly read. Simon is a master who has brought this classic story to life
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-10-20
Spectacular
Everyone should listen to Animal Farm. This was my first experience with the book and with George Orwell but I will almost certainly listen to more of his work.
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- Sy
- 26-12-18
good
it was great book but quite gruesome but was still outstanding and the narrator was great
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