George Orwell is celebrated for his keen intelligence and wit, a profound awareness of social injustice, and an intense opposition to totalitarianism. His work, widely regarded as the twentieth century's best chronicler of English culture, is marked by a passion for clarity in language and a belief in democratic socialism. He is best known for his dystopian novels that critique political and social oppression. His legacy endures through his neologisms and the term "Orwellian," which has become a byword for any oppressive or manipulative social phenomenon opposed to a free society.
Old Major, the boar, dreams of farms run by animals for animals, with liberty and equality for all. When the animals of Manor Farm, led by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, drive out Farmer Jones and set up Animal Farm, the dream seems to be coming true. But as the pigs become more powerful Old Major's vision turns horribly sour.