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... Keep the Aspidistra Flying shows no clear socialism , only the rage of the angry young man at how badly the ' money god ' treats the artist and how commercial values degrade him into compromise . Only when Gollancz commissioned Orwell ...
... Keep the Aspidistra Flying shows no clear socialism , only the rage of the angry young man at how badly the ' money god ' treats the artist and how commercial values degrade him into compromise . Only when Gollancz commissioned Orwell ...
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... keep Hitler out . Within two years , maybe a year , if only we can hang on , we shall see changes that will surprise the idiots who have no foresight . I dare say the London gutters will have to run with blood . All right , let them ...
... keep Hitler out . Within two years , maybe a year , if only we can hang on , we shall see changes that will surprise the idiots who have no foresight . I dare say the London gutters will have to run with blood . All right , let them ...
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... keep society in its existing shape only by being unable to grasp that any improvement was pos- sible . Difficult ... keeping - up of a sham feuda- lism which drives the more spirited workers off the land . It explains the immobility of ...
... keep society in its existing shape only by being unable to grasp that any improvement was pos- sible . Difficult ... keeping - up of a sham feuda- lism which drives the more spirited workers off the land . It explains the immobility of ...
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