Keep the Aspidistra Flying
George Orwell · 1936 · Novel
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It explores the corrosive effects of poverty and the struggle against materialism and social conformity in pre-war England.
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Gordon Comstock, a struggling poet, rebels against the money-worshiping society by refusing to work in advertising. He lives in poverty, but eventually succumbs to conventional life after his girlfriend becomes pregnant.
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