Animal Farm Trivia

Orwell is so NOT his real name. It’s Eric Arthur Blair. (Source)

Orwell came up for the idea of Animal Farm when he saw a boy whipping a horse. If only the horse were aware of its own strength, he thought. (Source)

No one wanted to publish Animal Farm in England or America. One American publisher told Orwell it was "impossible to sell animal stories in the U.S.A." Guess he didn’t read past the first chapter. (Source)

Orwell originally wrote a preface to Animal Farm called "The Freedom of the Press". This preface was not published, as it attacked censorship in Britain, (he was having trouble getting the book published anyway). (Source)