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Page 53
... social and economic organisation but rather a state of mind ' ; the connections between all three are not so easily ... social vacuum and , as I have stressed , has been im- plicated throughout its existence with social , ideological and ...
... social and economic organisation but rather a state of mind ' ; the connections between all three are not so easily ... social vacuum and , as I have stressed , has been im- plicated throughout its existence with social , ideological and ...
Page 73
... social values that sustained such novels have been undermined in post - war England . Consider , for instance , Lolly Paradise , who makes a living by buying and sell- ing whatever he can find : - What also shocked his uncle and aunt ...
... social values that sustained such novels have been undermined in post - war England . Consider , for instance , Lolly Paradise , who makes a living by buying and sell- ing whatever he can find : - What also shocked his uncle and aunt ...
Page 175
... social comment , or social comedy , but which is , in fact , permeated by a deep strain of obsessive fear and irration- ality . I do not claim any originality in discussing them in these terms ; the essential point was made as long ago ...
... social comment , or social comedy , but which is , in fact , permeated by a deep strain of obsessive fear and irration- ality . I do not claim any originality in discussing them in these terms ; the essential point was made as long ago ...
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Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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