Keep the Aspidistra Flying: Popular Penguins Psychology courage and optimism told without

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Keep the Aspidistra Flying: Popular Penguins Psychology courage and optimism told withoutGordon Comstock loathes dull, middle class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Only Rosemary, ever faithful Rosemary, has the strength to challenge his commitment to his chosen way of life. Through the character of Gordon Comstock, Orwell reveals his own