Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Keep the Aspidistra Flying, first published in 1936, is a socially critical novel by George Orwell. It is set in 1930s London. The main theme is Gordon Comstock's romantic ambition to defy worship of the money-god and status, and the dismal life that results. He etches the ugly insanity of what Gordon calls "the money-world" in unflinching detail, but the satire has a second edge, too, and Gordon himself is scarcely heroic. In the course of his misadventures, we become grindingly aware that his radical solution to the problem of the money-world is no solution at all--that in his desperate reaction against a monstrous system, he has become something of a monster himself.

Author: George Orwell
Publisher: True Sign Publishing House
Published: 07/05/2021
Pages: 210
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d
ISBN13: 9789354620591
ISBN10: 9354620590
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Satire
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Literary