A pre-cursor to his more famous works of Animal Farm and 1984, Keep the Aspidistra Flying is Orwell's social commentary on capitalism's constraints. Orwell captures the struggles of an aspiring writer with almost pitch-perfect attention to psychological detail, exploring the gulf between art and life.
Gordon Comstock is a poor young man who works in a grubby London bookstore and spends his evenings shivering in a rented room, trying to write. He is determined to stay free of the "money world" of lucrative jobs, family responsibilities, and the kind of security symbolized by the homely aspidistra plant that sits in every middle-class British window.
| ISBN: | 9780156468992 |
| Publication date: | 19th March 1969 |
| Author: | George Orwell |
| Publisher: | Mariner Books Classics an imprint of HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 248 pages |
| Series: | A Harvest Book |
| Primary Genre | General Fiction |
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A pre-cursor to his more famous works of Animal Farm and 1984, Keep the Aspidistra Flying is Orwell's social commentary on capitalism's constraints. Orwell captures the struggles of an aspiring writer with almost pitch-perfect attention to psychological detail, exploring the gulf between art and life.Gordon Comstock is a poor young man who works in a grubby London bookstore and spends his evenings shivering in a rented room, trying to write.
Keep the Aspidistra Flying features in the following genres: General Fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary, Fiction
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying was written by George Orwell and published by Mariner Books Classics an imprint of HarperCollins
Keep the Aspidistra Flying has 248 pages
Yes it is part of A Harvest Book series
