{"product_id":"9781847498632-keep-the-aspidistra-flying","title":"Keep the Aspidistra Flying","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnnotated Edition (Alma Classics Evergreens)\u003cbr\u003ePart of Alma Classics Evergreens series, Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a tragically witty account of the struggle to escape from a materialistic existence. This edition is enriched by an extensive critical apparatus, notes and extra reading material.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite   hailing from a comfortable family background, budding poet Gordon Comstock   decides to declare war on money and all the middle-class trappings that   wealth can buy. Working in a small bookshop and living in a bedsit in London,   he dreams of completing an ambitious poem in rhyme royal and devoting his   life to literature. But when poverty begins to damage his self-esteem and   taint his worldview, and his romantic and professional lives start falling   apart, will Gordon be able to uphold his anti-money principles, or will he   succumb to the lure of lucre and everything he stands against?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     First published in 1936, Keep the Aspidistra Flying is the author’s third   novel, and one of his most outspoken works of social criticism. Partly   autobiographical, it sits alongside Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four as a   reminder of Orwell’s lucid narrative style and his abilities as a politically   and socially engaged writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40946066096225,"sku":"9781847498632","price":7.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26017362.jpg?v=1720623958","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781847498632-keep-the-aspidistra-flying","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}