Crosland

/ ˈkrɒslənd /

noun

CroslandAnthony19181977MBritishPOLITICS: politicianPOLITICS: socialist theoristWRITING: author Anthony. 1918–77, British Labour politician and socialist theorist, author of The Future of Socialism (1957)

At first, with the immeasurable and vulgar tedium of Mr. Crosland's popular books in my memory, I thought he was joking.

A reminiscence of a literary protégée of Jerrold's—Mrs. Newton Crosland—seems to bear this out.

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