Animal Farm

When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master, Mr. Jones, and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality.

A Vision of Freedom Turns to Tyranny

• Gradually, a cunning, ruthless elite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control.
• Soon, the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought.
• They find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced with another.

Orwell's chilling 'fairy story' is a timeless and devastating satire of idealism betrayed by power and corruption.