A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned--a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible.

"First published with the title A revolução dos bichos in Brazil by Editora Schwarcz s.a. in 2018"--Title page verso. "All text included in this volume is true to George Orwell's original work"--Title page verso.