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 So starts this 1941 essay in which Orwell argues that the outdated British class system was hampering the war effort, and that in order to defeat Hitler, Britain n...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 77%
reflective 77%
challenging 40%
inspiring 18%
hopeful 7%
adventurous 3%
dark 3%

Pace

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slow 33%
fast 22%

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