Animal Farm; A Fairy Story

TitleAnimal Farm; A Fairy Story
Year for Search1945
Authors[Blair], [Eric](1903-1950)
Tertiary AuthorsOrwell, George [pseud.]
Date Published1945
PublisherSecker & Warburg
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Classic story of totalitarianism. See also 1964 Bond.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. as vol. 8 of The Complete Works of George Orwell. Ed. Peter Davision. London: Secker & Warburg, 1987 with Appendix I “Orwell’s Proposed Preface to Animal Farm” (97-108); Appendix II “Orwell’s Preface to the Ukrainian Edition of Animal Farm” (109-14); Appendix III “Orwell’s Radio Adaptation of Animal Farm” (115-95); and “Textual Note” (197-203). U.S. ed. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1946. First illustrated edition, with illustrations by Joy Batchelor and John Halas. London: Secker and Warburg, 1954. Rpt. with drawings by Quentin Blake. London: The Folio Society, 1984; and with an “Introduction” by Kim Stanley Robinson (iii-x) and one illus. by Frank Kelly Freas. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1992. 50th Anniversary Edition with illustrations by Ralph Steadman. New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1995, which includes “Orwell’s Proposed Preface to Animal Farm (159-71) and “Orwell’s Preface to the Ukrainian Edition of Animal Farm (173-80). The National Theatre produced a dramatization available as George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Adapted by Peter Hall with lyrics by Adrian Mitchell and music by Richard Peaslee. London: Methuen, 1985. A film was directed by Joy Batchelor and John Halas (1955). A theatre version by Ian Wooldridge was adapted by Ivan Heng for Wild Rice (Singapore). As Animal Farm: The Graphic Novel. Illus. by Odyr [Bernardi] (b. 1967). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2019. Originally published in Portuguese as A Revolução dos Bichos. São Paulo, Brazil: Editora Schwarcz S.A., 2018. 

Pseudonym

George Orwell [pseud.]

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

(1903-50)

Full Text

1945 [Blair, Eric] (1903-50). Animal Farm; A Fairy Story. By George Orwell [pseud.]. London: Secker & Warburg. Rpt. as vol. 8 of The Complete Works of George Orwell. Ed. Peter Davision. London: Secker & Warburg, 1987 with Appendix I “Orwell’s Proposed Preface to Animal Farm” (97-108); Appendix II “Orwell’s Preface to the Ukrainian Edition of Animal Farm” (109-14); Appendix III “Orwell’s Radio Adaptation of Animal Farm” (115-95); and “Textual Note” (197-203). U.S. ed. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1946. First illustrated edition, with illustrations by Joy Batchelor and John Halas. London: Secker and Warburg, 1954. Rpt. with drawings by Quentin Blake. London: The Folio Society, 1984; and with an “Introduction” by Kim Stanley Robinson (iii-x) and one illus. by Frank Kelly Freas. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1992. 50th Anniversary Edition with illustrations by Ralph Steadman. New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1995, which includes “Orwell’s Proposed Preface to Animal Farm (159-71) and “Orwell’s Preface to the Ukrainian Edition of Animal Farm (173-80). The National Theatre produced a dramatization available as George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Adapted by Peter Hall with lyrics by Adrian Mitchell and music by Richard Peaslee. London: Methuen, 1985. A film was directed by Joy Batchelor and John Halas (1955). A theatre version by Ian Wooldridge was adapted by Ivan Heng for Wild Rice (Singapore). As Animal Farm: The Graphic Novel. Illus. by Odyr [Bernardi] (b. 1967). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2019. Originally published in Portuguese as A Revolução dos Bichos. São Paulo, Brazil: Editora Schwarcz S.A., 2018. L, PSt

Classic story of totalitarianism. See also 1964 Bond.