When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm oust their human master and take over management of the land, productivity soars and every belly is full...for one season. Then their leaders, the pigs, succumb to the temptations of privilege and power.

As ferociously fresh as it was more than a half century ago, this remarkable allegory of a downtrodden society of overworked, mistreated animals and their quest to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality is one of the most scathing satires ever published. As readers witness the rise and bloody fall of the revolutionary animals, they begin to recognize the seeds of totalitarianism in the most idealistic organization—and in the most charismatic leaders, the souls of the cruelest oppressors.