Keep the Aspidistra Flying (eBook)

George Orwell (Autor)

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2019
222 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
405-766418220-3 (EAN)

Infos

Gordon Comstock has 'declared war' on what he sees as an 'overarching dependence' on money by leaving a promising job as a copywriter for an advertising company called 'New Albion'—at which he shows great dexterity—and taking a low-paying job instead, ostensibly so he can write poetry. Coming from a respectable family background in which the inherited wealth has now become dissipated, Gordon resents having to work for a living. The 'war' (and the poetry), however, aren't going particularly well and, under the stress of his 'self-imposed exile' from affluence, Gordon has become absurd, petty and deeply neurotic...

Autor

George Orwell (1903-1950) whose real name was Eric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.8.2019
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Schlagworte: British working class • Catch-22 • class conflict • Dickens • Dystopia • existential crisis • financial struggle • George Orwell Influence • Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy • Jonathan Swift • literary rebellion • Mark Twain • Nineteen Eighty-Four • Oscar Wilde • Poetic Ambition • Post-war Britain • satirical fiction • Sinclair Lewis • Social commentary • World War