Animal Farm (Penguin Modern Classics)
Animal Farm
‘One of the most influential English writers of the twentieth century’ Robert McCrum, Observer
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‘He saw through everything because he could also see through himself. Many writers and journalists have tried to imitate his particular kind of clarity without possessing anything like his moral authority’ Peter Ackroyd, The Times
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