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Burmese Days Paperback - 1974

by George Orwell


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Orwell draws on his years of experience in India to tell this story of the waning days of British imperialism. A handful of Englishmen living in a settlement in Burma congregate in the European Club, drink whiskey, and argue over an impending order to admit a token Asian.

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Honest and evocative, George Orwell's first novel is an examination of the debasing effect of empire on occupied and occupier.

Burmese Days focuses on a handful of Englishmen who meet at the European Club to drink whisky and to alleviate the acute and unspoken loneliness of life in 1920s Burma--where Orwell himself served as an imperial policeman--during the waning days of British imperialism.

One of the men, James Flory, a timber merchant, has grown soft, clearly comprehending the futility of England's rule. However, he lacks the fortitude to stand up for his Indian friend, Dr. Veraswami, for admittance into the whites-only club. Without membership and the accompanying prestige that would protect the doctor, the condemning and ill-founded attack by a bitter magistrate might bring an end to everything he has accomplished. Complicating matters, Flory falls unexpectedly in love with a newly arrived English girl, Elizabeth Lackersteen. Can he find the strength to do right not only by his friend, but also by his conscience?

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In this caustic, fast-paced novel about the waning days of British imperialism, George Orwell draws on his years of experience in India, the country of his birth. The story focuses on a handful of Englishmen living in a small settlement in Upper Burma. They congregate in the European Club, drinking whiskey and arguing over an impending order to admit a token Asian.

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  • Title Burmese Days
  • Author George Orwell
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Mariner Books Classics, New York
  • Date 1974-03-20
  • ISBN 9780156148504 / 0156148501
  • Weight 0.58 lbs (0.26 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.37 x 0.67 in (20.32 x 13.64 x 1.70 cm)
  • Reading level 930
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Cultural Region: Indian
    • Topical:
  • Library of Congress subjects Burma - History - 1824-1948
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 73012947
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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