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.
