... eliminated, the individuals living in this kind of social condition strives simply to survive by selling their labor. IV COMMUNISM AND SOCIALISM The terms socialism and communism were once used interchangeably. Today, however, communism designates those theories and movements that, in accordance with one view ... the lack of palatable food in the shops, the sallow complexions of the inhabitants, the smoke-filled skies, all looked familiar. The more literary-minded may have thought of the Bleak House: there was indeed a more than passing resemblance between the contemporary reality cities...

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... in the reading public. The Education Act of 1870 made elementary education compulsory for everyone between the ages of 5 and 13. This led to the rapid expansion of a largely unsophisticated literary public, the rise of the popular press, and the mass production of 'popular' literature for a semi-literate 'lowbrow' readership. By the time of the First World War there ... same attempt at balance is evident in his choice of poetic language. He does not reject completely the poetic voice of the High Victorians, but lets dialect words, colloquialisms, specialised terms, and the ver...

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