Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Author(s): George Orwell
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.
General Information
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 0.216
- : 01 October 2000
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : George Orwell
- : Paperback
- : 01
- : 823.912
- : 288
- : Modern fiction; Classic fiction
More About The Product
George Orwell's brilliant reporting and political conscience formed an impassioned picture of his life and times. Orwell was born in India and educated at Eton. He served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma from 1922 to 1927. He returned to England where he lived for several years in poverty. Among Orwell's books are DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON, BURMESE DAYS and THE ROAD TO WIGAN PIER. He is best known for the allegorical fable ANIMAL FARM and in the novel NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR.
