Company

About
Contact
FAQ

Legal

Privacy Policy
Terms of Service

© 2026 Winking Fig LLC. All rights reserved.

The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius by George Orwell | Winking Fig

Cover of The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius by George Orwell

The Lion and the Unicorn

Socialism and the English Genius

1941·123 pages·Nonfiction

History & Politics Literary Fiction

classics essays

“one of the most moving and incisive portraits of the English character”
— the publisher

The Lion and the Unicorn was written in London during the worst period of the Blitz. It is vintage Orwell, a dynamic outline of his belief in socialism, patriotism and an English revolution. His fullest political statement, it is as relevant now as it ever has been.

↗Buy on Amazon ↗Buy on Bookshop

Cover of The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius by George Orwell

↗Buy on Amazon ↗Buy on Bookshop

↗Open Library ↗Find at a library (WorldCat)↗Preview on Google Books

The Lion and the Unicorn

Socialism and the English Genius

Year

1941

Pages

123

Type

Nonfiction

History & Politics Literary Fiction

Tags

classics essays

Praise

“one of the most moving and incisive portraits of the English character”
— the publisher

Description

The Lion and the Unicorn was written in London during the worst period of the Blitz. It is vintage Orwell, a dynamic outline of his belief in socialism, patriotism and an English revolution. His fullest political statement, it is as relevant now as it ever has been.

What to read after The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius.

Tell us what you’re craving.

Books That Feel Like This

Notes on Nationalism

Notes on Nationalism

George Orwell

Orwell on Truth

Orwell on Truth

George Orwell

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

On Tyranny

Timothy Snyder

Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

Capitalist Realism

Mark Fisher

Resistance, Rebellion and Death: Essays

Nobel Prize in Literature

Resistance, Rebellion and Death

Albert Camus

Thinking the Twentieth Century

Thinking the Twentieth Century

Tony Judt

Why Orwell Matters

Why Orwell Matters

Christopher Hitchens

On Guerrilla Warfare

On Guerrilla Warfare

Mao Zedong

The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For

The American Spirit

David McCullough

Once There Was a War

Nobel Prize in Literature

Once There Was a War

John Steinbeck

The Lessons of History

The Lessons of History

Will Durant

War Is a Racket

War Is a Racket

Smedley D. Butler