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Socialism and the English Genius George Orwell. invaded , Anthony Eden
appealed over the radio for Local Defence Volunteers . He got a quarter of a
million men in the first twenty - four hours , and another million in the subsequent
month .
Socialism and the English Genius George Orwell. invaded , Anthony Eden
appealed over the radio for Local Defence Volunteers . He got a quarter of a
million men in the first twenty - four hours , and another million in the subsequent
month .
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But it plays its part in the English mystique , and the intellectuals who have tried
to break it down have generally done more harm than good . At bottom it is the
same quality in the English character that repels the tourist and keeps out the ...
But it plays its part in the English mystique , and the intellectuals who have tried
to break it down have generally done more harm than good . At bottom it is the
same quality in the English character that repels the tourist and keeps out the ...
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In left - wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in
being an Englishman and that it is a duty to snigger at every English institution ,
from horse racing to suet puddings . It is a strange fact , but it is unquestionably ...
In left - wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in
being an Englishman and that it is a duty to snigger at every English institution ,
from horse racing to suet puddings . It is a strange fact , but it is unquestionably ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius A Penguin book : Polit. science Volume 6327 of Penguin Books Penguin twentieth-century classics |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Editor | Bernard R. Crick |
| Contributor | Bernard R. Crick |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin Books, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2010 |
| ISBN | 0140063277, 9780140063271 |
| Length | 123 pages |
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