Animal Farm by George Orwell
It turns out that the so-called saviours, two pigs named Napoleon and Snowy, let the power go to their heads and turn out to be just as oppressive and greedy as the farmer was. The animals end up working harder than ever before in return for a promise of a better life that never comes.
The story parodies the real-life events leading to the Russian Revolution of 1917, and beyond into the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union. Time Magazine included Animal Farm in its list of the 100 best English-language novels (1923 to 2005); it also came in at number 31 on the Modern Library List of Best 20th-Century Novels and won the Hugo Award (retrospectively) in 1996.
You should read this book if…
The story parodies the real-life events leading to the Russian Revolution of 1917, and beyond into the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union. Time Magazine included Animal Farm in its list of the 100 best English-language novels (1923 to 2005); it also came in at number 31 on the Modern Library List of Best 20th-Century Novels and won the Hugo Award (retrospectively) in 1996.
You should read this book if…
- You would enjoy the political satire of a totalitarian society ruled by an oppressive dictatorship
- You are interested in the Russian Revolution of 1917
- You like intelligent stories that make comment on real-world events