(the) Left Book Club

(the) Left Book Club
the Left Book Club [the Left Book Club]
a British book club (1936–48). It was started by the ↑publisher Victor Gollancz (1893–1967), and its members received books supporting the left in British politics. It had an important influence on the development of the ↑Labour Party, publishing books such as George Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier (1937).

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