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George Orwell Quotes: The Penguin books are splendid value for sixpence, so splendid that if other publishers had any sense they would combine against them and suppress them.
         

The Penguin books are splendid value for sixpence, so splendid that if other publishers had any sense they would combine against them and suppress them.


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