A new edition of Orwell's end-of-tether third novel, introduced and annotated by his biographer, D.J. Taylor
First published in 1936, and drawing on Orwell's own experiences of working in a Hampstead bookshop, Keep the Aspidistra Flying tracks the career of Gordon Comstock ('nearly 30 and moth-eaten already') a struggling poet who tries to rebel against the conventions of middle-class English life, only to be drawn inexorably back into the world that grinds him down.
This new edition includes an introduction and extensive end-notes, and an appendix containing original responses to the novel as well as letters and documents from the period in which it was written.
| ISBN: | 9781472133106 |
| Publication date: | 9th June 2022 |
| Author: | George Orwell |
| Publisher: | Constable an imprint of Little, Brown |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Series: | Orwell: The New Editions |
| Primary Genre | General Fiction |
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A new edition of Orwell's end-of-tether third novel, introduced and annotated by his biographer, D.J. Taylor
First published in 1936, and drawing on Orwell's own experiences of working in a Hampstead bookshop, Keep the Aspidistra Flying tracks the career of Gordon Comstock ('nearly 30 and moth-eaten already') a struggling poet who tries to rebel against the conventions of middle-class English life, only to be drawn inexorably back into the world that grinds him down.
This new edition includes an introduction and extensive end-notes, and an appendix containing original responses to the novel as well as letters and documents from the period in which it was written.
Keep the Aspidistra Flying features in the following genres: General Fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary, Fiction
Keep the Aspidistra Flying is available in Ebook, Paperback
Keep the Aspidistra Flying was written by George Orwell and published by Constable an imprint of Little, Brown
Keep the Aspidistra Flying has 320 pages
Yes it is part of Orwell: The New Editions series
£9.89
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