Orwell let André Deutsch, who was working for Nicholson & Watson in 1944, read the typescript, and Deutsch was convinced that Nicholson & Watson would want to publish it; however, they did not, and "lectured Orwell on what they perceived to be errors in Animal Farm".
ˈɔːɹwɛl lˈɛt ændɹˈeɪ dˈɔɪtʃ, hˌuː wʌz wˈɜːkɪŋ fɔːɹ nˈɪkəlsən ænd wˈɑːtsən ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi fˈoːɹ, ɹˈiːd ðə tˈaɪpskɹɪpt, ænd dˈɔɪtʃ wʌz kənvˈɪnst ðæt nˈɪkəlsən ænd wˈɑːtsən wʊd wˈɔnt tə pˈʌblɪʃ ɪt; haʊˈɛvɚ, ðeɪ dɪdnˈɑːt, ænd "lˈɛktʃɚd ˈɔːɹwɛl ˌɔn wʌt ðeɪ pɚsˈiːvd təbi ˈɛɹɚz ɪn ˈænɪməl fˈɑːɹm".