Yes, it’s about failed revolutions everywhere, but above all, it’s about the Russian Revolution. And we don’t think understanding the context undermines the books universality. However, we think that understanding the specific historical context underlying Animal Farm enriches one’s reading of the book. Some of the latest editions of the book leave this fact out, likely hoping to make it a more 'universal' and timely story. Animal Farm is an allegory for what happened in Russia between the years of about 19.
