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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.
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- unpretentiousprestige
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- intimateepic
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- Author
- George Orwell
- First published
- 1936
- Pages
- 276
- Publisher
- Maxi-Tusquets, Puslu Yayincilik, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Editions
- 100
- Language
- tur, French, Russian, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9788499890913
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George Orwell, originally born as Eric Arthur Blair, was an English novelist and journalist. His work is marked by keen intelligence and wit, a profound awareness of social injustice, an intense, revolutionary opposition to totalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language and a belief in democratic socialism. ([Source][1].) [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell
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