Look Back in Anger by John Osborne

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Play in three acts by John Osborne, performed in 1956 and published in 1957. A published description of Osborne as an "angry young man" was extended to apply to an entire generation of disaffected young British writers who identified with the lower classes and viewed the upper classes and the... read more

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The Porters' one-room flat in a Large Midland town.

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John Osborne (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Country: England
Publication Date: 1960
ISBN: 0571038484
Page Count: 96

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Dewey: 822.914

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Books › Literature & Fiction › Drama › British & Irish
Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary

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