... about 10 months later. This short novel was rejected twice, mainly on the grounds that it was only 35,000 words and used only a moderate part of all of the notes, journals and other things that he had collected and intended to use. In despair he asked a friend, Mabel Firez to "destroy the script, but save the paper clips."" She instead ... traditional publisher, Victor Gollancz, refused to publish it. Only after three years of searching was in finally put to print by Secker and Warburg Publishers. Animal Farm was a noble work, a classic in its time. A satire on the Russian revolution; t...

• Word Count: 8146
• Approx Pages: 33
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School