In 1944, George Orwell finally completed his manuscript for the satirical dystopian novel Animal Farm. With just 10 chapters, it was a chance to share his thoughts on the Russian government. However, ...

That's a bizarre choice: Orwell's 1945 novel is an allegorical retelling of the 1917 Russian Revolution and the schisms that followed. In Orwell's view, idealism and a "government by the people, for ...