Keep the Aspidistra Flying |
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| Editor:
| Taylor, D. J. |
| Author:
| Orwell, George |
| Series title: | Orwell: the New Editions Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4721-3310-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2022 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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| Imprint: | Constable |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $22.99 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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.