Background Info - SKYCTC QEP Book Club - Fall 2013 - Animal Farm - Research Guides at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College

About the Author: George Orwell

    Eric Arthur Blake (1903-1950), better known by his pen name George
    Orwell, is one of the 20^th century’s most influential writers. He was the author
    of six novels, as well as many essays and non-fiction works. During his
    career he was best known as a journalist but today he is best known for his
    two most popular novels: Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm. Through
    his writing, Orwell explored the best and the worst of humanity and its
    institutions.

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Letters of Note
Orwell's submission letter to author/editor T.S. Eliot and Elliot's rejection letter for Orwell's 'Animal Farm' manuscript in 1944.
New York Times article
“‘Animal Farm’: What Orwell Really Meant” (a reprint of an excerpt from a letter written by Orwell to Dwight Macdonald just after 'Animal Farm' was published in 1946)
Why I Write by George Orwell
Essay written by Orwell in 1946 about why and how he became a writer.
National Public Radio (NPR)
NPR presentation on the 60th anniversary of the publication of Orwell's 'Animal Farm'

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SKYCTC QEP Book Club - Fall 2013 - Animal Farm: Background Info

About the Author: George Orwell

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Discussion/Reading Guides

Book Reviews

Animal Farm Images

Keep Calm and Read Animal Farm

The Laws - What they started with - The Seven Commandments

What they ended up with...All Animals Are Equal But Some Are More Equal Than Others

Who's Who in Animal Farm?