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When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master, Mr Jones, and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless elite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought, and find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced...

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Things Fall Apart SparkNotes Literature Guide by Chinua Achebe
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Dr. Zhivago (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by Boris Pasternak
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To Kill a Mockingbird SparkNotes Literature Guide by Harper Lee
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