{"product_id":"9780571247769-condition-of-england","title":"The Condition of England","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Condition of England\u003c\/b\u003e was first published in 1909. Charles Masterman, who was in the Liberal Government when he wrote this, provides a penetrating, sceptical and unsettling anatomy of Edwardian England, seeing beneath the imperial splendour a society 'fissured into unnatural plenitude on the one hand and . \u003cb\u003eThe Condition of England\u003c\/b\u003e was first published in 1909. Faber Finds are reissuing it to celebrate its one hundredth anniversary. Although copies are now hard to come by, it was a success on first publication running quickly into six editions. It has often been likened to Matthew Arnold's \u003cb\u003eCulture and Anarchy\u003c\/b\u003e though it is more sombre. Charles Masterman, who was in the Liberal Government when he wrote this, provides a penetrating, sceptical and unsettling anatomy of Edwardian England, seeing beneath the imperial splendour a society 'fissured into unnatural plenitude on the one hand and . an unnatural privation on the other'. This remains a work of acute social analysis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40837528223841,"sku":"9780571247769","price":18.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28457411.jpg?v=1738190234","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571247769-condition-of-england","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}