An edition of Keep the Aspidistra Flying
(1936)
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
by George Orwell
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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.
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Literature, Fiction, Authors, Young men, Booksellers and bookselling, Alternative lifestyles, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, English literature, Social life and customs, Fathers and daughters, Children of clergy, Poverty, Amnesia, Clergy, Middle class, Young women, Belief and doubtPlaces
London (England), England, London, SuffolkTimes
1930's, 20th centuryShowing 6 featured editions. View all 100 editions?
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying
2014, Penguin Books, Limited, Penguin Books
in English
0141395478 9780141395470
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying (The Complete Works of George Orwell)
September 28, 1987, Secker & Warburg
Hardcover
- Complete Ed edition
0436350262 9780436350269
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| December 19, 2025 | Edited by MARC Bot | set source_records based on initial machine_comment |
| August 12, 2010 | Edited by IdentifierBot | added LibraryThing ID |
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