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Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) 19th century factory workers OK? ("Germinal," Engels's "Condition of the Working Class in England," Hauptmann's "Weavers" ...)


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Phillip Edwards As always it's up to you! Anything about contemptible outcasts, rejects and the unrespected dregs of society is in. I couldn't decide whether to add things like The Road to Wigan Pier, or whether the respectable but poor/blameless/downtrodden working class deserve a list of their own ('working class heroes'?)


Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) Why not do both? (I'd been hesitating to put "Huck Finn" on this list for some of the same reasons, but now that someone else added it, I decided to vote for it anyway ...)


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