George Orwell’s chilling fable of Soviet Russia’s brutal dictatorship, now with an introduction by 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 gradually a cunning, ruthless élite, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, start to take control. It seems the animals are not all as equal as they thought. Soon they find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced with another.