Keep the Aspidistra Flying
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a satirical novel by George Orwell that critiques middle-class values and the dehumanizing effects of money and commercialism in 1930s England.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Keep the Aspidistra Flying canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ |
| adaptedTo | film ⓘ |
| author | George Orwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | in copyright in many jurisdictions ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes |
bourgeois respectability
ⓘ
consumerism ⓘ |
| depicts |
London literary scene
ⓘ
advertising industry ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Robert Bierman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationStar |
Helena Bonham Carter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard E. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Road to Wigan Pier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
satire
ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | The Mysterious Mr. Comstock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780156468992 ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
rejection of conventional success
ⓘ
struggle of the impoverished writer ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | social realism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Gordon Comstock
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ravelston NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosemary Waterlow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | critique of money-worship in capitalist society ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 270 pages ⓘ |
| partOf | George Orwell bibliography ⓘ |
| precededBy | A Clergyman's Daughter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| publisher | Victor Gollancz Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1930s ⓘ |
| symbolism | aspidistra as symbol of lower-middle-class respectability ⓘ |
| theme |
art versus commerce
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class consciousness ⓘ commercialism ⓘ critique of middle-class values ⓘ dehumanizing effects of money ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | interwar period ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | aspidistra plant ⓘ |
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