Hope Lies in the Proles George Orwell and the Left

George Orwell was one of the most significant literary figures on the left in the twentieth century. While titles such as 1984, Animal Farm and Homage to Catalonia are still rightly regarded as modern classics, his own politics are less well understood.Hope Lies in the Proles offers a sympathetic ye...

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Main Author: Newsinger, John (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Pluto Press 2018
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