Animal Farm

Animal Farm by George Orwell is a brilliant satirical allegory of the Russian Revolution and the rise of Stalinism. The animals of Manor Farm, led by the pigs Snowball and Napoleon, drive out their drunken farmer and establish a democratic republic based on the commandment that ‘All animals are equal.’ But power, as Orwell shows with devastating precision, has its own logic. Gradually, the pigs consolidate authority, rewrite the rules, and betray every principle of the original revolution. Short, sharp, and unforgettable, Animal Farm is one of the great political fables of the 20th century, a warning about propaganda, ideology, and the ease with which liberating movements can become the tyrannies they sought to replace.