Nessa’s Reviews > The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius > Status Update

7 pages in, already wrote down 4 quotes. Orwell is the only author (especially when it comes to non-fiction) who draws me in from the start. His word is gospel to me !

”What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840? But then, what have you in common with the child of five whose photograph your mother keeps on the mantelpiece? Nothing, except that you happen to be the same person.”