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Animal Farm

American  

noun

  1. a political satire (1945) by George Orwell.


Animal Farm Cultural  
  1. (1945) A novel of satire by George Orwell. Animals take over a farm to escape human tyranny, but the pigs treat the other animals worse than the people did. A famous quotation from the book is “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”


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Serkis is certain that George Orwell himself would not have consigned this Animal Farm to Room 101.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Two translators for the Korean YouTube channel SBS Animal Farm explain how they write subtitles for an English-language audience.

From Slate May 14, 2023

A bookshelf lamp that casts a buttery glow on the plastic "Moana" figures who keep watch near the classroom set copies of "Animal Farm."

From Salon Aug. 27, 2022

As well as Animal Farm, the following titles have also received funding:

From BBC Jun. 20, 2022

From now onwards Animal Farm would engage in trade with the neighbouring farms: not, of course, for any commercial purpose, but simply in order to obtain certain materials which were urgently necessary.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

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