Word: poppea
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Dates: during 1935-1935
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...introduction which Mr. Strachey has composed for this masterpiece of radicalism, he urges the reader to believe that the communists are an erudite aggregation who predict revolution without advocating it. One is reminded of the classic morn when Poppea in her arrogance called Cleopatra a courtesan. Indeed, according to Mr. Strachey, it is not the communists who knock off the proverbial chip, but the fat capitalist who grinds down the worker to the depths of poverty and fifth...
...attitude of France in the current crisis reminds one strongly of the late Nero, who is reported to have played a bacchanalian love ditty on his fiddle while Poppea was seducing his chief minister: Ever since the Huns invaded the sacred area of Montmartre in the seventies, Marianne has suspected the lusty Max of evil intentions. And with the advent of Hitler, those suspicions have changed into horrified terror...