Burmese Days
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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Burmese Days
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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Burmese Days

Burmese Days

by George Orwell
Burmese Days

Burmese Days

by George Orwell

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780156148504
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 03/20/1974
Series: Harbrace Paperbound Library
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 288
Sales rank: 402,226
Product dimensions: 5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.73(d)
Lexile: 930L (what's this?)

About the Author

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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