When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones & take over the farm themselves they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom & equality. But gradually a cunning ruthless elite among them masterminded by the pigs Napoleon & Snowball starts to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought & find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced with another. Orwell's chilling 'fairy story' is a timeless & devastating satire of idealism betrayed by power & corruption.