![]() Through the character of Gordon Comstock, Orwell reveals his own disaffection with the society he once himself renounced.Įnlivened with vivid autobiographical detail, George Orwell's Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a tragically witty account of the struggle to escape from a materialistic existence. keep the aspidistra flying Though I speak with the tongues of men of angels, and have not money, I am become as a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. Only Rosemary, ever-faithful Rosemary, has the strength to challenge his commitment to his chosen way of life. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. George Orwell Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Oxford World's Classics) Paperback Maby Orwell (Author) 1,187 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 1.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 24.01 Other new from 24.01 Paperback 15.82 Other new and used from 8. In Keep the Aspidistra Flying, George Orwell has created a darkly compassionate satire to which anyone who has ever been oppressed by the lack of brass, or by the need to make it, will all too easily relate. Enlivened with vivid autobiographical detail, George Orwells Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a tragically witty account of the struggle to escape from a materialistic existence. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. ![]() Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. ![]()
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