Description
Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Only Rosemary, ever-faithful Rosemary, has the strength to challenge his commitment to his chosen way of life. Through the character of Gordon Comstock, Orwell reveals his own disaffection with the society he once himself renounced. Enlivened with vivid autobiographical detail, George Orwell's Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a tragically witty account of the struggle to escape from a materialistic existence, with an introduction by Peter Davison in Penguin Modern Classics.
| EAN: | 9780141395470 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 02.01.2014 |
| Titel der Reihe: | Penguin Modern Classics## |
| Autoren: | Orwell, George |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 276 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Classics |
| Keyword: | 1984; animal farm; nineteen eighty four; the road to wigan pier; burmese days; why i write; shooting an elephant; down and out in paris and london; classic; literary fiction; wodehouse; fiction books; popular books; literature; novels; good books; top books; book club recommendations |
| Fachschema: | Englische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung |
| Fachkategorie: | Klassische Lyrik, Lyrik bis 1900 |
| Imprint-Titels: | Penguin Classics |
| Länge: | 110 mm |
| Breite: | 179 mm |