"One cannot help but be struck by the degree to which he (George Orwell) became, in Henry Jamess words, one of those upon whom nothing was lost. By declining to lie, even as far as possible to himself, and by his determination to seek elusive but verifiable truth, he showed how much can be accomplished by an individual who unites the qualities of intellectual honesty and moral courage." - Christopher Hitchens
Keep the Aspidistra Flying, though it is one of Orwells 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?
George Orwell (born Eric Blair, 1903, Mo
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