We Have Been Warned

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We Have Been Warned is a politically charged 1935 novel by Scottish writer Naomi Mitchison that explores socialism, sexual freedom, and the rise of fascism in interwar Europe.

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instanceOf novel
political novel
author Naomi Mitchison NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
exploresIssue anti-fascism
class struggle
political activism
reproductive rights
sexual politics
women's rights
genre feminist literature
political fiction
social novel
socialist fiction
hasCharacterType fascist sympathizers as antagonists
middle-class socialist intellectuals
political activist protagonists
working-class characters
hasCulturalContext British left-wing intellectual milieu of the 1930s
rise of European fascist movements in the 1930s
hasInfluenceOn later feminist political fiction (general influence)
hasLiteraryForm prose
hasLiteraryMovement socialist realism (broadly associated)
hasNotableReception considered controversial for its sexual frankness
regarded as one of Naomi Mitchison's most overtly political works
hasSubject Scottish politics
abortion debate
birth control
extramarital relationships
marital relations
parliamentary politics
religion and politics
street-level political organizing
trade unionism
language English
mainTheme interwar European politics
rise of fascism
sexual freedom
socialism
narrativePerspective third-person narrative
partOf interwar British political literature
politicalOrientation left-wing
socialist
publicationDate 1935
publisher Victor Gollancz Ltd (first UK publisher) NERFINISHED
setInContinent Europe NERFINISHED
setInPeriod interwar period

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Naomi Mitchison notableWork We Have Been Warned