Still outlawed by regimes around the world Animal Farm has always been political dynamite. The Guardian Animal Farm the history of a revolution that went wrong is George Orwells brilliant satire on the corrupting influence of power. 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 elite among them masterminded by the pigs Napoleon