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Socialism and the English Genius George Orwell. What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840 ? But then , what have you in common with the child of five whose photograph your mother keeps on the mantelpiece ...
Socialism and the English Genius George Orwell. What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840 ? But then , what have you in common with the child of five whose photograph your mother keeps on the mantelpiece ...
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... England . He is a symbol of the strange mixture of reality and illusion , democracy and privilege , hum- bug and decency , the subtle network of compromises , by which the nation keeps itself in its familiar shape ... ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND.
... England . He is a symbol of the strange mixture of reality and illusion , democracy and privilege , hum- bug and decency , the subtle network of compromises , by which the nation keeps itself in its familiar shape ... ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND.
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... England will lose its peculiar flavour . The new red cities of Greater London are crude enough , but these things are only the rash that accom- panies a change . In whatever shape England emerges from the war , it ... ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND.
... England will lose its peculiar flavour . The new red cities of Greater London are crude enough , but these things are only the rash that accom- panies a change . In whatever shape England emerges from the war , it ... ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND.
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army Blimps bombing planes Britain British ruling class BURMESE DAYS capitalism capitalist Chamberlain civilization coloured common Communists conquered culture CYRIL CONNOLLY danger defeat democracy destroyed disaster enemy England English Genius English Socialist Europe European exist face fact Fascism feel fighting foreign GEORGE ORWELL German gloomy Sundays grasp happen Hitler HOMAGE TO CATALONIA human hypocrisy idea imperial incomes India industry intellectuals intelligentsia Italians kind Labour Party left-wing less living London Martin Secker mean ment MICHAEL FOOT middle class military million modern monied class morale nation Nazi never numbers officers outlook ownership pacifist past patriotism peace political privilege pro-Fascist programme public schools revolution revolutionary rich Rolls-Royce car Russians SEARCHLIGHT BOOK SEBASTIAN HAFFNER simply slums snigger Socialist movement society Spanish Spanish civil war surrender T. C. WORSLEY tion totalitarianism treacherous true turn UNICORN Socialism whole workers