Burmese Days

by George Orwell

Overview

Set in the days of the Empire, with the British ruling in Burma, Orwell's book describes corruption and imperial bigotry. Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Dr Veraswami, a black enthusiast for the Empire, whose downfall can only be prevented by membership at an all-white club.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781998382156
Publisher:	Pomodoro Books
Publication date:	05/21/2024
Sold by:	De Marque
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	49,115
File size:	428 KB

About the Author

George Orwell (1903–1950), the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, was an English novelist, essayist, and critic. He was born in India and educated at Eton. After service with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, he returned to Europe to earn his living by writing. 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 1984 (1949), which brought him worldwide fame. 

Table of Contents

Introduction
Note on the Text
Select Bibliography
Chronology
Burmese Days
Explanatory Notes

Editorial Reviews

...can take an honorable place beside A Passage to India. -- The Saturday Review

Edmund Fuller

This is a superior novel, not less so because it tells an absorbing story. Orwell has made his people and his background vividly real. And he knows of what he writes." — New York Times

“A well integrated, fast moving story.” — Chicago Tribune

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