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The first section, 'England Your England', argues that 'the gentleness of English
civilization is perhaps its most marked characteristic ... It is a land where the bus
conductors are good-tempered and the police carry no revolvers.' But it is also ...
The first section, 'England Your England', argues that 'the gentleness of English
civilization is perhaps its most marked characteristic ... It is a land where the bus
conductors are good-tempered and the police carry no revolvers.' But it is also ...
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He had rude doubts about the upper classes.6 The second section, '
Shopkeepers at War', argues that 'the war has demonstrated that private
capitalism . . . does not work', and that 'it is only by revolution that the English
people can be set free'.
He had rude doubts about the upper classes.6 The second section, '
Shopkeepers at War', argues that 'the war has demonstrated that private
capitalism . . . does not work', and that 'it is only by revolution that the English
people can be set free'.
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This is not the place to argue the merits of these two traditions, but simply to
indicate in which of them Orwell stood. No 'proto-Social Democrat' he. The third
important point is embedded in this same passage. He argues that the English ...
This is not the place to argue the merits of these two traditions, but simply to
indicate in which of them Orwell stood. No 'proto-Social Democrat' he. The third
important point is embedded in this same passage. He argues that the English ...
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| Title | The lion and the unicorn: socialism and the English genius Penguin twentieth-century classics Penguin Books |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin Books, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2010 |
| Length | 123 pages |
| Subjects | › › England Great Britain Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism Social structure Socialism Socialism in Great Britain |
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