| Keep the Aspidistra Flying Contributor(s): Orwell, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156468999 ISBN-13: 9780156468992 Publisher: Mariner Books Classics OUR PRICE: $15.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1969 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Satire - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00265574 |
| Lexile Measure: 790 |
| Series: Harvest Book |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.45 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Orwell, George: - GEORGE ORWELL (1903-1950) was born in India and served with the Imperial Police in Burma before joining the Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. Orwell was the author of six novels as well as numerous essays and nonfiction works. |