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Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Dr Veraswami, a black enthusiast for Empire. The doctor needs help. U Po Kyin, Sub-divisional Magistrate of Kyauktada, is plotting his downfall. The only thing that can save him is European patronage: membership of the hitherto all-white Club.Read More

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  • Play

    Set in the days of the Empire with the British ruling in Burma "Burmese Days" describes both indigenous corruption and Imperial bigotry when 'after all natives were natives - interesting no doubt but finally only a 'subject' people an inferior people with black faces'. Against the prevailing orthodoxy Flory a white timber merchant befriends Dr Veraswami a black enthusiast for Empire. The doctor needs help. U Po Kyin Sub-divisional Magistrate of Kyauktada is plotting his downfall. The only thing that can save him is European patronage: membership of the hitherto all-white Club. While Flory prevaricates beautiful Elizabeth Lackersteen arrives in Upper Burma from Paris. At last after years of 'solitary hell' romance and marriage appear to offer Flory an escape from the 'lie' of the 'pukka sahib pose'.

  • Foyles

    Based on his experiences as a policeman in Burma, George Orwell's first novel presents a devastating picture of British colonial ruleBurmese Days describes corruption and imperial bigotry in a society where, 'after all, natives were natives'. When Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Indian Dr Veraswami, he defies this orthodoxy. The doctor is in danger: U Po Kyin, a corrupt magistrate, is plotting his downfall. The only thing that can save him is membership of the all-white Club, and Flory can help. Flory's life is changed further by the arrival of beautiful Elizabeth Lackersteen from Paris, who offers an escape from loneliness and the 'lie' of colonial life.George Orwell's first novel, inspired by his experiences in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, Burmese Days includes a new introduction by Emma Larkin in Penguin Modern Classics.

  • BookDepository

    Burmese Days : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780141185378 : : 01 Mar 2010 : When Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Indian Dr Veraswami, he defies this orthodoxy. The doctor is in danger: U Po Kyin, a corrupt magistrate, is plotting his downfall. The only thing that can save him is membership of the all-white Club, and Flory can help.

  • ASDA

    Flory a white timber merchant befriends Dr Veraswami a black enthusiast for Empire. The doctor needs help. U Po Kyin Sub-divisional Magistrate of Kyauktada is plotting his downfall. The only thing that can save him is European patronage: membership of the hitherto all-white Club.

  • Blackwell

    When Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Indian Dr. Veraswami, he defies orthodoxy. The doctor is in danger: U Po Kyin, a corrupt magistrate, is plotting his downfall. The only thing that can save him is membership of the all-white Club...

  • Pickabook

    George Orwell, Emma Larkin

  • 0141185376
  • 9780141185378
  • George Orwell
  • 4 June 2009
  • Penguin Classics
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 320
  • Re-issue
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