Keep the Aspidistra Flying
$23.87
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
8 June 2001
Summary
Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a ‘good job’ in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Only Rosemary, ever-faithful Rosemary, has the strength to challenge his commitment to his chosen way of life. Through the character of Gordon Comstock, Orwell reveals his own disaffection with the society he once himself renounced.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141183725 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141183721 |
| Author: | George Orwell, Peter Davison |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 8 June 2001 |
| Weight: | 216g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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A completely harrowing and stark account of poverty … written in clear and violent language–Cyril Connolly
A completely harrowing and stark account of poverty … written in clear and violent language—Cyril Connolly
About The Author
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.
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