Burmese Days
276 pages
|Published: 1 Jan 1934
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ISBN: 9781421808307
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: 1st World Library
Publication date: 1 July 2005
Description
Set in the days of the Empire, with the British ruling in Burma, Orwell's book describes corruption and imperial bigotry. Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Dr Veraswami, a black enthusiast for the Empire, whose downfall can only be prevented by membership at an all-white club.