{"product_id":"keep-the-aspidistra-flying-9780156468992","title":"Keep the Aspidistra Flying","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA pre-cursor to his more famous works of \u003cem\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e1984\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Keep the Aspidistra Flying\u003c\/em\u003e is Orwell's social commentary on capitalism's constraints. Orwell captures the struggles of an aspiring writer with almost pitch-perfect attention to psychological detail, exploring the gulf between art and life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGordon Comstock is a poor young man who works in a grubby London bookstore and spends his evenings shivering in a rented room, trying to write. He is determined to stay free of the \"money world\" of lucrative jobs, family responsibilities, and the kind of security symbolized by the homely aspidistra plant that sits in every middle-class British window.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrwell, George:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Orwell\u003c\/strong\u003e (1903-1950), the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, was an English novelist, essayist, and critic. He was born in India and educated at Eton. After service with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, he returned to Europe to earn his living by writing. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory \u003cem\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of \u003cem\u003e1984\u003c\/em\u003e (1949), which brought him worldwide fame. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50901148303634,"sku":"9780156468992","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_12342980-028b-4978-8f77-14f15c3b7ffe.jpg?v=1748516055","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/keep-the-aspidistra-flying-9780156468992","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}