Keep the aspidistra flying

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.

Description

Gordon Comstock refuses to be corrupted by the world around him and chooses a low paying job and a life of poverty over prosperity and family responsibilities; however, the more he struggles against the money god, the more he realizes that it is a futile journey.

Subjects

Genres

• Fiction.

Series Statement

• A Harvest book

Other Editions

• Keep the aspidistra flyingHarcourt, Brace1999-01-01
• Keep the aspidistra flying.Gollancz1936-01-01
• Keep the aspidistra flyingHarcourt Brace Jovanovich1956-01-01
• Et vive l'aspidîstraGallimard1960-01-01
• Et vive l'aspidîstraGallimard1960-01-01
• Keep the aspidistra flying.Secker & Warburg1962-01-01