Tory Heaven; or Thunder on the Right

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1948
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Satire on class--"The whole population has been formally divided into the five classes that it naturally comprises" (53). Everything is provided for the highest class. No mixing among classes. Strikes illegal. Women not allowed to work.

Published Date

1948

Publisher
Cresset Press
Place Published
London
ISBN Number
9781910263181
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1948 Laski, Marghanita (1915-88). Tory Heaven; or Thunder on the Right. London: Cresset Press. U.S. ed. as Toasted English. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1949. Rpt. from the U.S. edition but with the original title and with a new preface by David Kynaston (v-xii). London: Persephone Books, 2018. L, PSt

Satire on class--“The whole population has been formally divided into the five classes that it naturally comprises” (53). Everything is provided for the highest class. No mixing among classes. Strikes illegal. Women not allowed to work. Female author.

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U.S. ed. as Toasted English. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1949. Rpt. from the U.S. edition but with the original title and with a new preface by David Kynaston (v-xii). London: Persephone Books, 2018.

Title Note

U.S. ed. as Toasted English

Author Note

Female author (1915-88).

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