
Burmese Days
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Frederick Davidson
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By:
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George Orwell
Colonial politics in Kyauktada, India, in the 1920s, come to a head when the European Club, previously for whites only, is ordered to elect one token native member. The deeply racist members do their best to manipulate the situation, resulting in the loss not only of reputations but of lives.
Amid this cynical setting, timber merchant James Flory, a Brit with a genuine appreciation for the native people and culture, stands as a bridge between the warring factions. But he has trouble acting on his feelings, and the significance of his vote, both social and political, weighs on him. When Elizabeth Lackersteen arrives - blonde, eligible, and anti-intellectual - Flory finds himself the hapless suitor.
Orwell alternates between grand-scale political intrigue and nuanced social interaction, mining his own Colonial Indian heritage to create a monument of historical fiction.
George Orwell (1903–1950), the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, was an English novelist, essayist, and critic. He was born in India and educated at Eton. After service with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, he returned to Europe to earn his living by writing and became notable for his simplicity of style and his journalistic or documentary approach to fiction.
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Critic reviews
“A well integrated, fast-moving story of what life was like in a remote backcountry Asiatic station.” (Chicago Tribune)
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Orwell's first novel, published nearly 90 years ag
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The pitiless dissection of the characters, of their ways and the vacuous reason which sets the plot in motion are what makes this book well worth listening to. The reference to Burma is almost incidental.
I was not overjoyed with the performance but possibly it is just me finding the voice of the narrator irksome.
It is a good book, not a masterpiece
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Orwell's story and the narration
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Amazing narrator.
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dramatic funny and real
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Brilliant.
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Poetic and well written
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the charactors
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Unforgettable story
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Orwell . Most likely the best author of the last century
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