Penguin clothbound classics Animal farm (penguin clothbound classics)

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 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; and 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.