Synopsis:
"Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and Wellington leads to the animals taking over the farm. Vowing to eliminate the terrible inequities of the farmyard, the renamed Animal Farm is organized to benefit all who walk on four legs. But as time passes, the ideals of the rebellion are corrupted, then forgotten. And something new and unexpected emerges."

Reserved for lamelemon in schwester's wish list tag thread.

For a while I hesitated to read this book. Not because of the huge number of pages, but because I thought it would be difficult to write about what I think of it.

I've therefor decided to write my toughts about what I read, the story itself and leave aside the comparison to people / the book's contemporary politics. I do not have enough knowlegde of that to let my commentary make any sense. (I must admit though, that while reading, visions came up from the founding of the USSR.)

As a story I loved this little book. Obiously this is done on purpose, but the mini society the animals form after the Rebellion resembles more and more the 'normal' human society, where there are people taking the lead, people following blindly without criticizing a thing. There are smart people and not so smart people.
What I loved most, is that that the change from 'idealistic' society to a dictatorship is so fluently. It almost naturally follows from the actions taken.

Despite it was written in the last years of WW II, this satire / fable is still very actual. I'm glad that I finally read it :-)

Finally this book I tagged you with is going on its journey to you. It travels together with another book, from the 1001-library that you picked from Soffitta1's book box. I hope the books travel safe to Romania and that they reach you soon.

Enjoy the read & Happy BookCrossing!

Safely picked up this morning from the post office. Thanks a lot for the wishlist tag and for its travelmate :) It's a small one so I hope I'll have it on the road again in a short while.

LE June 26th: reserved for 727 in the wishlist tag game

Great book. Short and condensed, but overwhelming. Like with 1984, it amazes me how accurately Orwell predicted the rise, reign and fall of equalitarian societies years before people were confronted with them. How each utopic system eventually meets its flaws. How each perfect, idealistic way of running the world has serious issues when applied. How we are equal in the end, but with some of us actually being more equal than others.

Wishlist come, Wishlist Go :)

Travelling to 727 in Lithuania as part of Schwester's Wishlist Tag Game. Happy Reading!

Thank you, lamelemon, for tagging me and for a lovely postcard with an artistic cup.