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Few Europeans can endure living in England , and even Americans often feel
more at home in Europe . When you come back to England from any foreign
country , you have immediately the sensation of breathing a different air . Even in
the ...
Few Europeans can endure living in England , and even Americans often feel
more at home in Europe . When you come back to England from any foreign
country , you have immediately the sensation of breathing a different air . Even in
the ...
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This is perhaps another way of saying that the English are outside the European
culture . For there is one art in which they have shown ... poets are barely known
in Europe , even as names . The only poets who are widely read are Byron , who
...
This is perhaps another way of saying that the English are outside the European
culture . For there is one art in which they have shown ... poets are barely known
in Europe , even as names . The only poets who are widely read are Byron , who
...
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whereupon the European populations will infallibly rise on our behalf . It is the
same idea all the time - look abroad ... The subject peoples of Europe will rebel
when Hitler begins to totter , but not earlier . Our potential allies 1 Written before
the ...
whereupon the European populations will infallibly rise on our behalf . It is the
same idea all the time - look abroad ... The subject peoples of Europe will rebel
when Hitler begins to totter , but not earlier . Our potential allies 1 Written before
the ...
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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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| Title | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius The Uniform Edition of George Orwell Works, George Orwell [His works. Uniform edition], George Orwell |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Publisher | Secker and Warburg, 1962 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 11 Feb 2011 |
| Length | 96 pages |
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