{"product_id":"keep-the-aspidistra-flying-1","title":"Keep the Aspidistra Flying","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite hailing from a comfortable family background, budding poet Gordon Comstock decides to declare war on money and all the middle-class trappings that wealth can buy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorking in a small bookshop and living in a bedsit in London, he dreams of completing an ambitious poem in rhyme royal and devoting his life to literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut when poverty begins to damage his self-esteem and taint his worldview, and his romantic and professional lives start falling apart, will Gordon be able to uphold his anti-money principles, or will he succumb to the lure of lucre and everything he stands against?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1936, Keep the Aspidistra Flying is the author's third novel, and one of his most outspoken works of social criticism. Partly autobiographical, it sits alongside Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four as a reminder of Orwell's lucid narrative style and his abilities as a politically and socially engaged writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com\/search?q=George+Orwell\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003eMore books by George Orwell\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"George Orwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42955146363049,"sku":"9780141194738","price":14.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/keep_00922f0f-e263-4006-975d-b8a595603312.jpg?v=1678246984","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/keep-the-aspidistra-flying-1","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}