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Animal Farm is a powerful and sharply written political allegory that uses the setting of a farm to explore how revolutions can begin with hope and end in corruption. First published in 1945, the novella tells the story of a group of animals who overthrow their human farmer, Mr. Jones, in the belief that they can build a fairer society where all animals are equal. What follows is a gradual but unsettling shift from idealism to oppression.