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London, 1936. Gordon Comstock has declared war on the money god; and Gordon is losing the war. Nearly 30 and "rather moth-eaten already," a poet whose one small book of verse has fallen "flatter than any pancake," Gordon has given up a "good" job and gone to work in a bookshop at half his former salary. Always broke, but too proud to accept charity, he rarely sees his few friends and cannot get the virginal Rosemary to bed because (or so he believes), "If you have no money ... women won't love you." On the windowsill of Gordon's shabby rooming-house room is a sickly but unkillable aspidistra--a plant he abhors as the banner of the sort of "mingy, lower-middle-class decency" he is fleeing in his downward flight. In Keep the Aspidistra Flying, George Orwell has created a darkly compassionate satire to which anyone who has ever been oppressed by the lack of brass, or by the need to make it, will all too easily relate. He etches the ugly insanity of what Gordon calls "the money-world" in unflinching detail, but the satire has a second edge, too, and Gordon himself is scarcely heroic. In the course of his misadventures, we become grindingly aware that his radical solution to the problem of the money-world is no solution at all--that in his desperate reaction against a monstrous system, he has become something of a monster himself. Orwell keeps both of his edges sharp to the very end--a "happy" ending that poses tough questions about just how happy it really is. That the book itself is not sour, but constantly fresh and frequently funny, is the result of Orwell's steady, unsentimental attention to the telling detail; his dry, quiet humor; his fascination with both the follies and the excellences of his characters; and his courageous refusal to embrace the comforts of any easy answer. --Daniel Hintzsche
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A triumphant book that warns one of the "money-gods." One of the best books every written, especially if read by someone who is in poverty and loaths the greed of humanity.
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This is Orwells best pre-war novel by far,it creates a belivable central caracter Gordon, Who is hypocritical(he refuses charity or loans but sponges off his long suffering sister),pig headed and ignores the fact that he is surronded by loyal friends and family who he constantly makes feel worthless. Yet gordon is in his dogmatic way, right about the "Money-god" and the so-called english middle class respectabilty, that his family vainly and tragicly try to keep.This book is full of deeply black ironic humor wich makes it orwells funniest book. His final 'surrender' to the money god is Orwell's recognition of the fact that you cant change the worlds injustices by trying to boycott the system ,and that any such stand is doomed.From then on Orwell rightly belived society had to be changed by action.
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Keep the Aspidara flying is a fine piece of literature. It uses beautiful symbolism and is truly great read in combination with 1984 for the two together will give you a whole picture of who George Orwell was and what he stood for. It is about the flaws of capitalism and deals with the tradgedy of poverty and how even when money is achieved the results can leave us worse off. This book is not hard to read at all. Even the symbolism is easy to understand and would be great for an English class introducing students to the use of symbolism. It reads easily and you won't want to put it down.
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Aims itself towards unfulfilled geniuses.
Unlike Geo. Orwell's later, more famous works- and unlike his humanist essays, Keep the Aspidistra Flying is seemingly aimed at the small sub-strata of the population that buries... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. Februar 2000 von Robert Morgan
Women, money, and rich ironies
Orwell seems to repeal his 1984 communist attitudes in this satirical book about the enevability of the modern capitalist life. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 23. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
A must-read for anyone who has ever wanted to be a writer
This novel tells the story of Gordon Comstock and his refusal to "settle" for a job that he hates just because everyone thinks he should do it. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 28. April 1999 veröffentlicht
Wiser then "1984"!
Evrybody think that "1984" is The prophesy-book while "Keep the aspidistra flying" described mor then 60 years ago - our life today! Do read it!
Am 7. April 1999 veröffentlicht
A feat of brilliance (once again)
I started to read 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying' on christmas day, and found that I had nearly finished it by the end of boxing day. I couldn't put it down! Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 14. Januar 1999 veröffentlicht
Depressing.
Most people will read this book and think happily upon Gordon's final transformation into a rational human being. "Satire!", they'll scream. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. Oktober 1998 von riotprole@aol.com
A tale of a middle class man who turns against money.
This is a book about Gordon Comstock, a man scarred by his families outlook on money, who ruins most of his life because of it. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 18. Oktober 1998 veröffentlicht
Ironizes post-war British middle-class
Of all his novels, this was Orwell's least favorite.
It tells the story of one man's war against money and the middle-class values and ideals of 1930s London. Lesen Sie weiter...
It tells the story of one man's war against money and the middle-class values and ideals of 1930s London. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 26. August 1997 von atrayes@vm.temple.edu
Orwell's depiction of middle-class stupidity.
"Keep the Aspidistra Flying" is a wonderful, yet frustrating book. It tells the story of Gordon Comstock, a middle-aged man who refuses to be corrupted by the world... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 21. August 1997 veröffentlicht
An Orwellian tale of the British middle class.
The aspidistra plant is symbolic of the statis quo to our belligerent anti-hero Gordon Comstock; of common British middle-middle class stock; a family that "nothing ever... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 2. Februar 1997 veröffentlicht
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