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Burmese Days

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Mar 20, 1974 - Fiction - 288 pages
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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This is George Orwell's first novel, based on his experiences as a police officer in Burma after WWI. It is a dark story that is most notable as a harsh criticism of the British Raj in the final years ... Read full review

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George's fictionalised account of his time in Burma with our brave old lads in the Indian Imperial Police. Flory is our antihero, desperately striving for decency and brotherhood and love in a moral ... Read full review

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About the author (1974)

GEORGE ORWELL (1903-1950) was born in India and served with the Imperial Police in Burma before joining the Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. Orwell was the author of six novels as well as numerous essays and nonfiction works.

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TitleBurmese Days
Harbrace paperbound library
AuthorGeorge Orwell
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 1974
ISBN0547564031, 9780547564036
Length288 pages
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