Keep the Aspidistra Flying
“Serve the god of money or succumb, there is no other rule.” George Orwell’s novel set in the 1930s and autobiographically inspired by the period in which, working as a teacher, he wrote “Penniless in Paris and London”. The story unfolds following the reflections of nearly 30-year-old Gordon Comstock, the latest bankrupt in a bankrupt family. Gordon has declared war on money and is desperate to survive by escaping his clutches. The only perceptible result:...