Library.nu. What should I read next. A new way of choosing what to read next. QuEnTs. Is Animal Farm in fact a “fairy story”? Animal Farm is a completely allegorical novella published in 1945 and written by George Orwell, who is an English novelist. Since its language is somewhat epic and it is a fiction novel, it has a subtitle of “A Fairy Story”. However, that subtitle is a tool or irony to demonstrate that Animal Farm is in fact more than a fable; it is clearly a reflection of the Russian Revolution in 1917 and what was experienced after the revolution. Briefly, the novella mentions a farm ruled by a person called Mr.