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"Keep The Aspidistra Flying" 1962 ORWELL, George (SOLD)

ORWELL, George

[303] pp.

Secker & Warburg

1962

Uniform Edition

Third Printing

7 1/2" x 5 1/4"

Jacket design by Denis Piper

VG/ VG

Keep the Aspidistra Flying, first published in 1936, is a socially critical novel by George Orwell. It is set in 1930s London. The main theme is Gordon Comstock's romantic ambition to defy worship of the money-god and status, and the dismal life that results.