Editions

Animal Farm

  • Imprint: Penguin Classics

  • ISBN: 9780241391846

  • Length: 176  Pages

  • Dimensions: 279mm x 20mm x 214mm

  • Weight: 940g

  • RRP: £16.99

Animal Farm

  • The Graphic Novel

The first ever graphic novel version of Animal Farm - a Times Book of the Year 2019

Animal Farm is the story of what happens when the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master, and how their revolution goes horribly wrong. Now George Orwell's dark, timeless fable has been turned into a graphic novel for the very first time, illustrated in full colour by the renowned Brazilian artist Odyr to bring us a whole new work of art.

  • Imprint: Penguin Classics

  • ISBN: 9780241391846

  • Length: 176  Pages

  • Dimensions: 279mm x 20mm x 214mm

  • Weight: 940g

  • RRP: £16.99

Reviews

  • This brightly coloured homage to George Orwell's timely allegory is heartbreaking and elegant. Odyr's images of animals casting off their bonds and then living with the results of their revolution are painterly and evocative, both loose and illuminating.

    The New York Times

  • Odyr's rich brushstrokes do much to enhance the experience of Orwell's brand of satire

    New York Journal of Books

  • Odyr's expressive watercolour palette strikes a visceral note that matches the intensity of Orwell's original text ... He skillfully evokes the mood of the countryside and the plot's shocking violence; the atmosphere and emotions are spot-on

    Publisher's Weekly

  • Odyr's 'fully authorized' adaptation ... alchemizes Orwell's period writing into a timeless, immediately terrifying warning about the dangers of abusive power

    Booklist

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About the Author

George Orwell

Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.

George Orwell

Odyr

Odyr was born in 1967 in Brazil. He is a comics artist and painter, whose books include Copacabana and Guadalupe. His work has been included in several anthologies and his short stories and illustrations have been published in many Brazilian magazines and newspapers.

Odyr

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Extracts

Animal Farm by George Orwell

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of Orwell's chilling fable, Penguin Classics has republished the illustrated version of the book, first released to coincide with the 1954 animated film.

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