Penguin english library 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. But gradually a cunning; ruthless élite 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; and find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced with another.