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Roundup

8-17-05

Orwell's "Animal Farm" celebrates 60th anniversary

George Orwell's famous novel"Animal Farm" was published 60 years ago Wednesday. Alex Chadwick pays tribute to the dark satire of the novel, which uses animals to depict the worst aspects of Russia's Bolshevik Revolution and the rise of communist dictator Joseph Stalin.

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