The Guardian on 24 August 1945 called Animal Farm "a delightfully humorous and caustic satire on the rule of the many by the few".
ðə ɡˈɑːɹdiən ˌɔn twˈɛnti fˈoːɹ ˈɔːɡəst nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi fˈaɪv kˈɔːld ˈænɪməl fˈɑːɹm "ɐ dᵻlˈaɪtfəli hjˈuːmɚɹəs ænd kˈɔːstɪk sˈæɾaɪɚɹ ɔnðə ɹˈuːl ʌvðə mˈɛni baɪ ðə fjˈuː".