Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

George Orwell

256 pages first pub 1936 (view editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying is ideal for readers drawn to darkly humorous critiques of societal norms and the human struggle against materialism, offering a sharp, unflinching look at the personal costs of rebellion and conformity.

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Gordon Comstock is a poor young man who works in a grubby London bookstore and spends his evenings shivering in a rented room, trying to write. He is determined to stay free of the "money world" of lucrative jobs, family responsibilities, and the ...

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