Keep the aspidistra flying
by George Orwell
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Gordon Comstock refuses to be corrupted by the world around him and chooses a low paying job and a life of poverty over prosperity and family responsibilities; however, the more he struggles against the money god, the more he realizes that it is a futile journey.
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Literature, Fiction, Authors, Young men, Booksellers and bookselling, Alternative lifestyles, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, English literature, Social life and customs, Fathers and daughters, Children of clergy, Poverty, Amnesia, Clergy, Middle class, Young women, Belief and doubtPlaces
London (England), England, London, SuffolkTimes
1930's, 20th centuryShowing 6 featured editions. View all 36 editions?
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying
2014, Penguin Books, Limited, Penguin Books
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0141395478 9780141395470
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying (The Complete Works of George Orwell)
September 28, 1987, Secker & Warburg
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0436350262 9780436350269
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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. Only Rosemary, ever-faithful Rosemary, has the strength to challenge his commitment to his chosen way of life. Through the character of Gordon Comstock, Orwell reveals his own disaffection with the society he once himself renounced.
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