《动物庄园》（AnimalFarm）亦译作《动物农场》《动物农庄》，是英国知名作家乔治·奥威尔的重要作品，也是一部政治寓言体小说。故事描述了一场“动物主义”革命的酝酿、兴起和最终畸变，于1945年首次岀版。
　　“鲸歌英文原版”系列图书第一辑，精选国内读者耳熟能详十本名著：《呼啸山庄》《月亮和六便士》《简·爱》《老人与海》《1984》《美丽新世界》《人性的弱点》《假如给我三天光明》《动物庄园》《飘》，以国外出版社版本为参照，原版复制，精心编排，力求原汁原味还原外版图书的风貌。这十本书文笔优美，阅读难度不高，非常适合有一定外语阅读能力的读者首次入门接触外国小说。

      乔治·奥威尔，英国著名小说家、记者和社会评论家。他的代表作《动物庄园》和《1984》是反极权主义的经典名著。他以敏锐的洞察力和犀利的文笔审视、记录下他所生活的那个时代，并作出许多超越时代的预言，被称为 “一代人的冷峻良知”。

      The whole farm was deeply divided on the subject of the windmill. Snowball did not deny that to build it would be a difficult business. Stone would have to be quarried and built up into walls, then the sails would have to be made and after that there would be need for dynamos and cables. (How these were to be procured Snowball did not say.) But he maintained that it could all be done in a year. And thereafter, he declared, so much labour would be saved that the animals would only need to work three days a week. Napoleon, on the other hand, argued that the great need of the moment was to increase food production,and that if they wasted time on the windmill they would all starve to death. The animals formed themselves into two factions under the slogans, ‘Vote for Snowball and the three day week’ and‘Vote for Napoleon and the full manger.’ Benjamin was the only animal who did not side with either faction. He refused to believe either that food would become more plentiful or that the windmill would save work. Windmill or no windmill,he said, life would go on as it had always gone on－that is, badly.