From: stinkbomb@spymac.com   
      
   Well, I'm sure we're all aware that Orwell plagiarized Zamyatin's "We"   
   when he wrote "1984", but it looks like he also stole "Animal Farm" from   
   author N.I. Kostomarov! Kostomarov wrote the story "Animal Rebellion" in   
   1917, and it was published only once. Given Orwell's literary   
   voraciousness, it's highly probable that he read "Animal Rebellion" and   
   apparently reproduced it as his own!   
      
   More info:   
      
   http://www.orwell.ru/a_life/kostomarov/russian/r_gonk/translit#fn1   
      
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