The American socialist's romantic account of the Russian revolution is a masterpiece of reportage After the first world war, the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 was the next great event of the 20th century to capture the literary imagination. Russia, for so long an enigma, became the focus of every kind of fantastic speculation that, in the long term, would morph into many shelves of biography and history, novels of espionage, and finally, George Orwell's Animal Farm. At first, however, the Russian...
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The Guardian - 19 Dec 2016 07:45
The American socialist's romantic account of the Russian revolution is a masterpiece of reportage After the first world war, the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 was the next great event of the 20th century to capture the literary imagination. Russia, for so long an enigma, became the focus of every kind of fantastic speculation that, in the long term, would morph into many shelves of biography and history, novels of espionage, and finally, George Orwell's Animal Farm. At first, however, the Russian...
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