1941 The Lion and the Unicorn

Description

First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

This work demonstrates George Orwell's opinions of the Second World War, his beliefs that the class system was a burden to the war effort and that a socialist revolution would be the best way to conquer the threat posed by Nazi Germany. Its title, 'The Lion and the Unicorn', refers to the heraldic supports appearing in the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom. 

This volume was the first volume in the Searchlight Books, published by Secker & Warburg and edited by T. R. Fyvel and Orwell himself.

George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), an English novelist, essayist and critic. His works were often social commentaries arguing against totalitarianism in support of democratic socialism. The adjective 'Orwellian' describes totalitarian and authoritarian social practices, and many of his neologisms, such as 'Big Brother' and 'Thought Police' are in common use in the English language.

This is a first edition of this work.