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Mentioned as a book written by J.B. Priestley about 1936-37, discussing the 'three Englands' - the traditional England, the industrial north suffering in the Depression, and the new England of suburban development and prosperity.

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Mentioned as a predecessor to Orwell's work - 'it's been done already. J.B. Priestley had done it, English Journey, a few years earlier'