I first read this when I was at school. It was one of the books that was studied during my GCSE's. At the time I didn't really enjoy reading it as most of the time was spent picking apart and explaining the allegory within the book. Reading it again years later I found I appreciated and enjoyed it much more.
As is well known, the story is really an allegory about the communist revolution in Russia and the subsequent perversion of its ideals. The book is written almost as a children's story and it is thanks to Orwell's genius as a writer that it works so well. This book is a classic which I think everyone should make an effort to read at some point.
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