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... readers are likely to have been offended because I have used the word “
England ” oftener than “ Britain ” , as though the whole population dwelt in
London and the Home Counties and neither north nor west possessed a culture
of its own .
... readers are likely to have been offended because I have used the word “
England ” oftener than “ Britain ” , as though the whole population dwelt in
London and the Home Counties and neither north nor west possessed a culture
of its own .
Page 36
And considering what energy the self - made men possessed , and considering
that they were buying their way into a class which at any rate had a tradition of
public service , one might have expected that able rulers could be produced in ...
And considering what energy the self - made men possessed , and considering
that they were buying their way into a class which at any rate had a tradition of
public service , one might have expected that able rulers could be produced in ...
Page 88
In England there is only one Socialist party that has ever seriously mattered , the
Labour Party . It has never been able to achieve any major change , because
except in purely domestic matters it has never possessed a genuinely
independent ...
In England there is only one Socialist party that has ever seriously mattered , the
Labour Party . It has never been able to achieve any major change , because
except in purely domestic matters it has never possessed a genuinely
independent ...
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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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