Animal Farm PB
Penguin Books
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
PENGUIN CLASSIC SERIES
Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and Snowball leads to the animals taking over the farm Vowing to eliminate the terrible inequities of the farmyard the renamed Animal Farm is organised to benefit all who walk on four legs But as time passes the ideals of the rebellion are corrupted then forgotten And something new and unexpected emerges Animal Farm the history of a revolution that went wrong is George Orwell s brilliant satire on the corrupting influence of power Remains our great satire of the darker face of modern history Malcolm Bradbury Animal Farm has seen off all the opposition It s as valid as today as it was fifty years ago Ralph Steadman
