The Lion and the Unicorn

Name: The Lion and the Unicorn
Author: George Orwell

By George Orwell

Pages

123

Rating

3.93

Year

1941

Essays Philosophy History Classics Politics Literature

Description

"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 So starts this 1941 essay in which Orwell argues that the outdated British class system was hampering the war effort, and that in order to defeat Hitler, Britain needed a socialist revolution. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion...)

Part I: England Your England
Part II: Shopkeepers at War
Part III: The English Revolution