Coming Up for Air
George Orwell · 1939 · Novel
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It captures a sense of pre-war anxiety and the loss of an idealized past, foreshadowing the dystopian concerns that would dominate Orwell's later writing.
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The novel follows George Bowling, a middle-aged insurance salesman, as he reflects on his youth and the drastic changes in England between the two World Wars, fearing the impending conflict. It explores themes of nostalgia, loss, and the threat of totalitarianism.
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