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Animal farm by George Orwell.

Animal farm is as an allegory for the Russian revolution with many of its plot points following key events from the revolution. The book itself was written by George Orwell who’s real name was Eric Blair, he was born in India to a British family in 1903. He published Animal Farm in 1943 during World War 2. However as Britain and the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) any criticism of them was discouraged making the book a controversy.
At the age of 19 Orwell enlisted in the Indian Imperial Police and served in Burma for five years. During these years, Orwell witnessed Imperialism at its worst; saw hangings, floggings, and filthy prisons, and he was forced to assert a superiority over the Burmese he felt that little economic or cultural progress was made causing Orwell to leave this situation with the conviction that Imperialism was too evil to risk one's life for. The first of Orwell's great cries of despair was Animal farm his satirical beast fable, often heralded as his lightest work. Though it resembles the Russian Revolution and the rise of Stalin, it is more a representation of all political revolutions. Orwell paints a very grim picture of the political 20th century.
http://www.his.com/~phe/farm.html

Other works by George Orwell.

Notes on nationalism
Nineteen eighty four
The lion and the unicorn
I belong to the left
Keep the aspidistra flying
  "War is peace. Freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength"


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