“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” This phrase by George Orwell from Animal Farm has entered History and the common consciousness of many diverse peoples from different cultures, speaking to the hearts of all thoughtful individuals who know how to appreciate the goods of parliamentary democracy.

Who says it? The pigs of the farm, who, after the revolution against their human masters and the overthrow of the latter, do not establish equality among the animals, which was the initial goal of the revolution, but a totalitarian regime under the absolute authority of the pig named “Napoleon.”

Allegorical novella, written in 1945 (just three years before the "brother" work, 1984), Animal Farm is inspired by the events and consequences of the Russian Revolution of 1917: how the vision for a society of equal citizens gradually transformed into a nightmarish, authoritarian regime that imprisoned and exterminated dissenters.

Orwell's critique of Stalinism (mainly stemming from his experiences in the Spanish Civil War) finds here, and before 1984, its peak.

A classic work now, Animal Farm has been loved by entirely different generations of readers and has been adapted many times into films, television, theater, and even comics.