Burmese Days (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Eric Arthur Blair
- First Published: 1934
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Political realism
- Time of Work: 1926
- Setting: Kyauktada, Burma
- Genres: Long fiction, Political fiction
- Subjects: Racism, Colonies or colonization, Revolutions, Social issues, Class consciousness, 1920’s, Asia or Asians, Violence, Death or dying, India or East Indian people, Corruption, Insurgency
- Locales: Burma
Characters Discussed
John Flory, a timber merchant stationed in the village of Kyauktada in Upper Burma. About thirty-five years old and with a face stained by a prominent birthmark, Flory seems destined to a lonely bachelorhood in the insular company of the few other British subjects of the area. Like them, he spends much of his time living the life of the “pukka sahib,” the loyal representative of British values and European styles of living. Also like them, he spends much of his spare time drinking and gossiping at the British Club. Flory is sensitive and observant,...
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George Orwell (Censorship--Ready Reference series)George Orwell (Cyclopedia of World Authors)George Orwell (Long Fiction)George Orwell (Dictionary of World Biography)
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