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edit request on 12 Dec 2018

Think is important to note that it was written in 1943. Source could be JOURNAL ARTICLE Revolution on Animal Farm: Orwell's Neglected Commentary V. C. Letemendia Journal of Modern Literature Vol. 18, No. 1 (Winter, 1992), pp. 127-137 (11 pages) at https://www.jstor.org/stable/3831551 where at P. 132 quoting Orwell author reports ... he did not mean pigs and men to appear reconciled completely at the end of the book. On the contrary "I meant it to end on a loud note of discord, for I wrote it immediately after the Teheran Conference [parodied by the final scene in Animal Farm] .." CEJL, III, pp. 459-59

Link for Preface

Here is a link for the preface. Can someone add it to main article, so that people know where the quote is coming from. https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/the-freedom-of-the-press/

Stage adaptations of Animal Farm -- request for addition

I wish to note that the list of stage adaptations of "Animal Farm" in this article is incomplete. The first version, adapted by Nelson S. Bond and published by Samuel French, Inc. in 1964 (still in print) is still widely performed (example one) (example two) (example three)

More ‘reception’

From the CIA’s “Director’s log” (https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/1951-09-01.pdf) p197, November 19, 1951:

Between 28 and 31 October 105,000 copies of "Animal Farm" were distributed through Austria as an insertion in a CIA-subsidized newspaper [ed: later identified as Die Presse in the Soviet zone of Vienna]. A sellout at the news-stands necessitated an extra run of 15,000 copies.

Might serve as a more concrete complement to the vague anecdote from The American Spectator about balloon drops over Poland.

DisposalCase (talk) 23:30, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Netflix purchased rights to Andy Serkis' adaptation of the novel in 2018.^[1]^[2]^[3] 45.72.233.100 (talk) 12:49, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not done. It's not clear what changes you want to make. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 19:56, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ McNary, Dave; McNary, Dave (2018-08-01). "Netflix Buys Andy Serkis' 'Animal Farm' Adaptation". Variety. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
^ "Andy Serkis to Direct 'Animal Farm' Adaptation for Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
^ Jr, Mike Fleming; Jr, Mike Fleming (2018-08-01). "Netflix Acquires George Orwell's 'Animal Farm'; Andy Serkis Directs & Matt Reeves Produces". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-03-27.

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“The CIA, from 1952 to 1957 in Operation Aedinosaur, sent millions of balloons carrying copies of the novel into Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia, whose air forces tried to shoot the balloons down.[43]”

In reception section

There is only one source which is not a super reliable source, however, I found multiple other sources mentioning this operation, but none of them show that animal farm was sent into the countries, but the book Doctor Zhivago was sent.

Here is a reddit article that kind of adds to what I’m saying https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/eppc9s/from_1952_to_1957_the_cia_carried_out_operation/

Note: Sorry if I formatted this post wrong this is my first time doing this

Shadowrvn728 (talk) 16:02, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

[1] McNary, Dave; McNary, Dave (2018-08-01). "Netflix Buys Andy Serkis' 'Animal Farm' Adaptation". Variety. Retrieved 2020-03-27.

[2] "Andy Serkis to Direct 'Animal Farm' Adaptation for Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-03-27.

[3] Jr, Mike Fleming; Jr, Mike Fleming (2018-08-01). "Netflix Acquires George Orwell's 'Animal Farm'; Andy Serkis Directs & Matt Reeves Produces". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-03-27.

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