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As late as 1935 , his novel Keep the Aspidistra Flying shows no badly the ' money
god treats the artist and how commercial values degrade him into compromise .
Only when Gollancz commissioned Orwell to go North and write a book about ...
As late as 1935 , his novel Keep the Aspidistra Flying shows no badly the ' money
god treats the artist and how commercial values degrade him into compromise .
Only when Gollancz commissioned Orwell to go North and write a book about ...
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Only revolution can save England , that has been obvious for years , but now the
revolution has started and it may proceed quite quickly if only we can keep Hitler
out . Within two years , maybe a year , if only we can hang on , we shall see ...
Only revolution can save England , that has been obvious for years , but now the
revolution has started and it may proceed quite quickly if only we can keep Hitler
out . Within two years , maybe a year , if only we can hang on , we shall see ...
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... one escape for them - into stupidity . They could keep society in its ... It explains
the decay of country life , due to the keeping - up of a sham feudalism which
drives the more spirited workers off the land . It explains the immobility of the
public ...
... one escape for them - into stupidity . They could keep society in its ... It explains
the decay of country life , due to the keeping - up of a sham feudalism which
drives the more spirited workers off the land . It explains the immobility of the
public ...
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User Review - the.ken.petersen - LibraryThingIt seems harsh to criticise George Orwell's optimism when he implies that socialism has become inevitable: he was writing in 1941, I thought so in 1980. Sadly, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and ... Read full review
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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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