'All animals are equal.'

They are robbed of the fruits of their labour, fenced-in or caged. The animals on Manor Farm have had enough. They start a rebellion - for a better world, in which all animals are equal and free. But when some animals are more equal than others, freedom might turn out to be a short-lived dream.

George Orwell's famous allegory is one of the most urgent literary wake-up calls. It sheds light on the seductiveness of power, and on how quickly our dreams of a b ...