Gordon Comstock loathes dull,middle-class respectability and worship ofmoney. He gives up a'good job'in advertising to work part-time in abookshop,giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into aself-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. OnlyRosemary,ever-faithful Rosemary,has the strength to challenge hiscommitment to his chosen way of life. Through the character of GordonComstock,Orwell reveals his own disaffection with the society he oncehimself renounced.Enlivened with vivid autobiographical detail,George Orwell's Keep the Aspidistra Flyingis a tragically witty account of the struggle to escape from amaterialistic existence,with an introduction by Peter Davison inPenguin Modern Classics.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141395470Number of pages: 288Weight: 169 gDimensions: 181 x 111 x 17 mm
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A completely harrowing and stark account of poverty...written in clear and violent language
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