Animal Farm was written by George Orwell, an English writer who grew up in England in the early 1900's. Before becoming a writer, he was a policeman. As a writer, he used the pen name George Orwell; however, his real name was Eric Arthur Blair. 

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Nineteen Eighty-Four

Coming Up for Air

Characters:

Old Major

Napoleon

Snowball

Squealer

Mr. Jones

Boxer

Mr. Whymper

Mr. Pilkington

Mr. Frederick

Benjamin

Moses

Muriel

Clover 

Mollie