Burmese Days (Penguin Modern Classics) - Softcover

Orwell, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141395435 ISBN 13: 9780141395432

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2014

Synopsis

Based on his experiences as a policeman in Burma, George Orwell's first novel presents a devastating picture of British colonial rule. It describes corruption and imperial bigotry in a society where, 'after all, natives were natives - interesting, no doubt, but finally ... an inferior people'. When Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Indian Dr Veraswami, he defies this orthodoxy. The doctor is in danger: U Po Kyin, a corrupt magistrate, is plotting his downfall. The only thing that can save him is membership of the all-white Club, and Flory can help. Flory's life is changed further by the arrival of beautiful Elizabeth Lackersteen from Paris, who offers an escape from loneliness and the 'lie' of colonial life.

About this title

Book Description:

Volume 2 from The Complete Works of George Orwell, available for the first time.

About the Author:

Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0141395435
• ISBN 13: 9780141395432
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 304