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Burmese days ; Keep the aspidistra flying ; Coming up for air / George Orwell ; with an introduction by John Carey.

Orwell, George, 1903-1950 (author.). Carey, John, 1934- (writer of introduction.). Orwell, George, 1903-1950 Keep the aspidistra flying. (Added Author). Orwell, George, 1903-1950 Coming up for air. (Added Author).

Summary:

Collects three early novels by the influential English author. Burmese days: In the hermetic world of 1930s colonial Burma, a corrupt Burmese politician uses the powers of his office to win membership in a British club. Keep the aspidistra flying: A poor young Londoner, who disdains conventional lifestyles and goals, works by day in a bookstore and writes by night in a cold rented room. Coming up for air: An insurance salesman's win of a small sum on the racetrack spurs memories of his childhood in a country village.

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  • ISBN: 9780307595041
  • ISBN: 0307595048
  • ISBN: 9781841593357
  • ISBN: 1841593354
  • Physical Description: xxxiii, 677 pages : map ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages xx-xxi).
Formatted Contents Note:
Keep the aspidistra flying -- Coming up for air.

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Burmese Days, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Coming up for Air : Introduction by John Carey
Burmese Days, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Coming up for Air : Introduction by John Carey
by Orwell, George.; Carey, John (Introduction by)
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Burmese Days, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Coming up for Air : Introduction by John Carey

George Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair on June 25, 1903 in Motihari in Bengal, India and later studied at Eton College for four years. He was an assistant superintendent with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. He left that position after five years and moved to Paris, where he wrote his first two books: Burmese Days and Down and Out in Paris and London. He then moved to Spain to write but decided to join the United Workers Marxist Party Militia. After being decidedly opposed to communism, he served in the British Home Guard and with the Indian Service of the BBC during World War II. After the war, he wrote for the Observer and was literary editor for the Tribune. His best known works are Animal Farm and 1984. His other works include A Clergyman's Daughter, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, The Road to Wigan Pier, Homage to Catalonia, and Coming Up for Air. He died on January 21, 1950 at the age of 46. (Bowker Author Biography)

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