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Fiction


THE EVILS OF CAPITALISM...ECONOMIC RECESSION...WELFARE BENEFIT CUTS... POVERTY... HOMELESSNESS...VICTIMIZATION OF THE UNDERCLASS...... LACK OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE UNDER-PRIVILEGED...BACKLASH AGAINST IMMIGRANTS​... 
THIS IS NOTHING NEW!
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During the 1980s, under Margaret Thatcher’s government, Britain experienced an economic recession that was on a par with the economic recession of the 1930s.
Read about how three working-class women writers responded in their fiction to the inequality and discrimination they witnessed and experienced in their own lives. ​
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Livi Michael (The Underclass)
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Caeia March (Sexuality and Class)
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Joan Riley (Race and Class)

General submissions:
  • Do No Harm by Sheena Bradley. (Submitted by the author)​
  • ​A Short Walk by Sheena Bradley. (Submitted by the author)
  • Beryl Bainbridge, An Awfully Big Adventure. (Extract submitted by Sue Petty​)
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