Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Author(s): George Orwell
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.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Little Brown
- : Constable
- : 0.3
- : 01 June 2022
- : 2.2 Centimeters X 12.6 Centimeters X 19.8 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : George Orwell
- : Paperback
- : 1