Animal farm

The animals of Manor Farm have a dream. They dream of a world where man is overthrown, where they work for themselves and keep the fruits of their own labour. When they rise up and chase away their human master, that dream seems within reach. They create the Seven Commandments, a new law for a new world. The highest of these is simple and pure: ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL. At first, their dream seems to come true. The harvest is the best in living memory, and the animals work for themselves with a pride they have never known. But as the pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, begin to vie for power, the ideals of the Revolution start to curdle. The commandments begin to change. The pigs start walking on two legs. And the working animals the loyal horses, the simple sheep, the hard-working hens begin to wonder if their new masters are really so different from the old ones. One of the most famous and chilling fables of the twentieth century, Animal Farm is a devastating satire on the corruption of power and the betrayal of dreams. It is the story of how a revolution can eat its own Children, a timeless allegory and a devastating satire that remains as urgent and powerful today as the day it was written.