Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Burmese Days, Paperback / softback Book

Burmese Days Paperback / softback

Edited by D.J. Taylor

Part of the Orwell: The New Editions series

Paperback / softback

Description

A new edition of Orwell's debut novel, introduced and annotated by his biographer, D.

J. TaylorFirst published in 1934, and a bitter souvenir of Orwell's time as a servant of the British Raj, Burmese Days follows the slow decline of John Flory, as he tries to steer a path between the bores of the Kyauktada club, the machinations of the native magistrate U Po Kyin and his love for a visiting English girl, with tragic results. This new edition includes an introduction, extensive endnotes and an appendix containing original responses to the novel as well as letters and documents from the period in which it was written.

Information

Other Formats

£10.99

 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information

Also in the Orwell: The New Editions series  |  View all