Animal Farm is a dystopian allegorical novella by George Orvvell. Published in England on 17 August 1945 the book reflects events leading up to and during the Stalin era before VVorld War II. Orvvell a democratic socialist was a critic of Joseph Stalin and hostile to Moscovv directed Stalinism especially after his experiences with the NKVD and what he saw of the results of the influence of Communist policy ceaseless arrests censored nevvspapers provvling hordes of armed poliçe Communism is now a counter revolutionary force during the Spanish Civil War.