The Lion and The Unicorn Socialism and the English Genius

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First published in the Searchlight Books series by Secker & Warburg 1941

Published in Volume 2 of The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell by Secker & Warburg 1968 and in Penguin Books 1970

Published separately with a new Introduction in Penguin Books 1982

Copyright the Estate of George Orwell, 1941 Introduction copyright © Bernard Crick, 1982 All rights reserved

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