Socialist Fiction

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Very British Coup [DVD] [1988] [NTSC]
1.  Very British Coup [DVD] [1988] [NTSC] DVD ~ Ray McAnally
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  "Successful adaptation of the novel by the same name, well portrayed/acted."
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A Very British Coup
2.  A Very British Coup by Chris Mullin
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  "This is a classic no doubt, popularly elected socialists undermined by the secret state and foreign powers"
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Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
3.  Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell
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  "Orwell's fairy tale, not equality or socialism under attack but betrayal of those very things"
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Nineteen Eighty-four
4.  Nineteen Eighty-four by George Orwell
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  "Not intended for schools, Orwell attacks the betrayal of socialism again, ironically read as anti-socialist"
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News from Nowhere: Or, an Epoch of Rest. Being Some Chapters from a Utopian Romance (Oxford World's Classics)
5.  News from Nowhere: Or, an Epoch of Rest. Being Some Chapters from a Utopian Romance (Oxford World's Classics) by William Morris
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  "Very good and affordable edition, the traditional utopian tale as a vehicle for values"
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The Iron Heel (Penguin Classics)
6.  The Iron Heel (Penguin Classics) by London Jack
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  "A sort of rubbish socialist western in which the people fight it out with oligarchs"
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Iron Council
7.  Iron Council by China Mieville
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  "In a sci-fi fantasy world criminal justice is really serving the economy and ruling classes, bit formulaic"
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Penguin Popular Classics)
8.  The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Penguin Popular Classics) by L. Frank Baum
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  "Would you believe it? None the less Baum was enthralled by more elitist schools of socialist thought, benigh dictators meet science for the good of all"
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Looking Backward, 2000-1887 (Dover Thrift)
9.  Looking Backward, 2000-1887 (Dover Thrift) by Edward Bellamy
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  "The technocratic dream which Morris rejected, Utopia again, most of which has come to pass"
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Equality
10.  Equality by Edward Bellamy
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  "Hard to get a copy of this, Bellamy's time traveller's further adventures, he gets married, settles down and truly investigates his new egalitarian age"
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The Shape of Things to Come: The Ultimate Revolution (Penguin Classics)
11.  The Shape of Things to Come: The Ultimate Revolution (Penguin Classics) by H.G. Wells
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  "Another depiction of socialism as benign over lords, government pretty much for not by or of the people"
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The Sleeper Awakes
12.  The Sleeper Awakes by H.G. Wells
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  "Satirical attack on Bellamy from Wells? You decide, a different take on Rip Van Winkel time travellers"
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Les Miserables (Classics)
13.  Les Miserables (Classics) by Victor Hugo
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  "Well I keep reading that his portrayal of common people is socialistic and his books contain socialistic values, they're good besides but I never thought it was obvious"
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The Black City
14.  The Black City by George Sand
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  "Socialist characters have never been so well rounded, a worker strives to create the change he wants to see in the world and win a sweet heart too"
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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Flamingo modern classics)
15.  The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Flamingo modern classics) by Robert Tressell
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  "One time favourite of the UK labour party membership, the adventures of a group of decorators, criticising the support people give to social system which undervalues them"
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