Animal Farm

A Fairy Story

Animal Farm is a satirical allegory in which the animals of Manor Farm overthrow their human owner and attempt to create a society based on equality. Led by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, they establish new rules for the farm, but the revolutionary ideals gradually give way to hierarchy and control. Orwell uses the fable to examine how political revolutions can be corrupted by those who claim to serve the collective good.

by George Orwell

Longman Group United Kingdom · First published 1945 · 128 pages