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Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936)

by George Orwell

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"Keep the Aspidistra Flying," though it is one of Orwell's least known novels, explores his usual themes--the various forms of oppression of the individual by society. Here the comfortable middle class life is symbolised by the aspidistra, and is governed by the "Money God." Gordon struggles to break free of the Money God, but will he eventually keep the aspidistra flying?… (more)

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