Keep the Aspidistra Flying

by George Orwell

Overview

The chief character in this early but exceptionally fine novel of Orwell's is Gordon Comstock, a writer who rebels against the twin British middle-class preoccupations: money and respectability.

"Not pretty, but powerful, accurate, and fair. This book projects as do few others the desperate ingredients and blind rage of the educated moneyless. And Orwell's power is wielded responsibly.

"Neither the rebels nor the hucksters are romanticized, nor is life--which wins in the end." (Chicago Sunday Tribune)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788382920963
Publisher:	Ktoczyta.pl
Publication date:	02/05/2021
Sold by:	Libreka GmbH
Format:	eBook
Pages:	278
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	6 Years

About the Author

GEORGE ORWELL (1903–1950) was born in India and served with the Imperial Police in Burma before joining the Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. Orwell was the author of six novels, including 1984 and Animal Farm, as well as numerous essays and nonfiction works.

What People are Saying About This

Lionel Trilling

A remarkable novel...A summa of all the criticisms of a commercial civilization that have ever been made.

Editorial Reviews

If 'peerless prose' could apply to one writer alone, I'd accord it to Orwell.

The Guardian