Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), known by his pen name George Orwell, is one of the most influential, quoted and debated writers of the 20th century.  Orwell is best known for his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) and the allegorical novella reviewed in this article, Animal Farm (1945), which he sub-titled ‘A Fairy Tale’. His non-fiction work Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, is one of the greatest works of non-fiction … Continue reading Animal Farm, by George Orwell, Arion Press (2013)