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DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON BURMESE DAYS A CLERGYMAN'S DAUGHTER KEEP THE ASPIDISTRA FLYING THE ROAD TO WIGAN PIER HOMAGE TO CATALONIA COMING UP FOR AIR INSIDE THE WHALE PART I ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND i A S I write By the same Author :
DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON BURMESE DAYS A CLERGYMAN'S DAUGHTER KEEP THE ASPIDISTRA FLYING THE ROAD TO WIGAN PIER HOMAGE TO CATALONIA COMING UP FOR AIR INSIDE THE WHALE PART I ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND i A S I write By the same Author :
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They could keep society in its existing shape only by being unable to grasp that any improvement was possible . Difficult though this was , they achieved it , largely by fixing their eyes on the past and refusing to notice the changes ...
They could keep society in its existing shape only by being unable to grasp that any improvement was possible . Difficult though this was , they achieved it , largely by fixing their eyes on the past and refusing to notice the changes ...
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The function of the Czechs , Poles , French , etc. , is simply to produce such goods as Germany may need , and get in return just as little as will keep them from open rebellion . If we are conquered , our job will probably be to ...
The function of the Czechs , Poles , French , etc. , is simply to produce such goods as Germany may need , and get in return just as little as will keep them from open rebellion . If we are conquered , our job will probably be to ...
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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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