Animal Farm

Book summary

The animals of Manor Farm drive out their master and set about running the farm themselves, under the banner of equality. The pigs, quickest to learn, take charge of organising the work and writing the rules. Little by little, the rules change, the memories fade, and the new masters come to resemble the old. Through a fable that reads at first like a children's tale, Orwell traces how a revolution is confiscated and how language is bent to serve power. A short, sharp book about betrayed hopes — and about the words used to make betrayal look like progress.