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Every aspect of personal life is radically affected by the quality of general life, and yet the general life is seen at its most important in completely personal terms.

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Raymond Henry Williams (31 August 1921 – 26 January 1988) was a Welsh socialist academic, novelist and critic. He was Professor of Drama at the University of Cambridge (1974–1983).

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