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... as though the whole population dwelt in London and the Home Counties and neither north nor west possessed a culture of its own . One gets a better view of this question if one considers the minor point first .
... as though the whole population dwelt in London and the Home Counties and neither north nor west possessed a culture of its own . One gets a better view of this question if one considers the minor point first .
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And underlying this is the really important fact about so many of the English intelligentsia — their severance from the common culture of the country . In intention , at any rate , the English intelligentsia are Europeanized .
And underlying this is the really important fact about so many of the English intelligentsia — their severance from the common culture of the country . In intention , at any rate , the English intelligentsia are Europeanized .
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But the sort of peace that Pétain , Laval & Co. have accepted can only be purchased by deliberately wiping out the national culture . The Vichy government will enjoy a spurious independence only on condition that it destroys the ...
But the sort of peace that Pétain , Laval & Co. have accepted can only be purchased by deliberately wiping out the national culture . The Vichy government will enjoy a spurious independence only on condition that it destroys 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 Issue 1 of Searchlight books |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Publisher | Secker & Warburg, 1941 |
| Length | 126 pages |
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