Orwell on Dickens and progress

Source: Marginalrevolution.com

Author: Tyler Cowen

What is more striking, in a seemingly ‘progressive’ radical, is that he is not mechanically minded. He shows no interest either in the details of machinery or in the things machinery can do. As Gissing remarks, Dickens nowhere describes a railway journey with…

What is more striking, in a seemingly progressive radical, is that he is not mechanically minded. He shows no interest either in the details of machinery or in the things machinery can do. As Gissing… [+3101 chars]