‘Remains our great satire of the darker face of modern history’
Malcolm Bradbury
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 as a cunning, ruthless élite among them starts to take control, the other animals find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is gradually replaced with another. Orwell’s chilling ‘fairy story’ is a timeless and devastating satire of idealism betrayed by power and corruption.
‘The book for everyone and Everyman, its brightness undimmed after fifty years’
Ruth Rendell, Daily Telegraph
