Hartley, not Orwell, foresaw today's tyranny
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Hartley, not Orwell, foresaw today's tyranny Beauty has never been so political 'His insight strikingly anticipated arguments about female appearance in Iran.' (Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis/Getty) 'His insight strikingly anticipated arguments about female appearance in Iran.' (Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis/Getty) AmericaFacial JusticeIranLiteratureLP HartleyUS Malise Ruthven Jun 15 2026 - 12:01am 7 mins When I first read L.P. Hartley’s neglected dystopian novel Facial Justice, published in 1960, I found it whimsical and utterly implausible. Rereading it after six decades, I find it one of the sharpest warnings of the 20th century.
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