The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius by George Orwell, Bernard Crick

The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius

George Orwell, Bernard Crick

123 pages first pub 1941 (editions)

nonfiction essays history politics challenging reflective slow-paced

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"As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me." So starts this 1941 essay in which Orwell argues that the outdated British class system was hampering the war effort, and that in order to defeat Hitler, Britain n...

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Moods

informative 87%
reflective 87%
challenging 37%
inspiring 12%
adventurous 6%
dark 6%
hopeful 6%

Pace

slow 46%
medium 40%
fast 13%

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