Catalog / Animal Farm
Animal Farm
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George Orwell
Animals overthrow their owner and found their own regime, which slowly turns into a new form of oppression. A political satire of power and propaganda.
- First publication
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Original language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 0451526341
- ISBN-13
- 9780451526342
- ASIN
- 0451526341
Why was Animal Farm challenged?
Animal Farm by George Orwell is in this catalog because a sourced record documents an at-risk action in United States in 1987. The book was banned in Bay County, Florida, schools in 1987 before being restored.
The catalog records the scope as school. That is not a claim that the book is banned everywhere, or that a failed complaint has the same force as a prohibition. Open the sources under Bans and restrictions. Unsourced rumors are omitted.
Readers who search “why was Animal Farm banned” should read the status label first. Banned, restricted, and at risk are defined on the methodology page and are not interchangeable.
Bans and restrictions
At risk · School
The book was banned in Bay County, Florida, schools in 1987 before being restored.
The ALA also documents challenges motivated by its political ideas.
- Source → Banned & Challenged Classics American Library Association
Other questions
- Is Animal Farm banned?
- In this catalog the primary documented status is “at risk” in United States, 1987. That is not a worldwide ban. Scope and sources are listed below.
- Why was Animal Farm challenged?
- The book was banned in Bay County, Florida, schools in 1987 before being restored.
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