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Burmese Days is the first novel by English writer George Orwell, published in 1934. Set in British Burma during the waning days of empire, when Burma was ruled from Delhi as part of British India, the novel serves as "a portrait of the dark side of the British Raj."
- George Orwell
- 1934
Burmese Days. George Orwell. 3.87. 28,739 ratings2,013 reviews. 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.
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Burmese Days study guide contains a biography of George Orwell, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.
Jun 6, 2016 · Burmese Days is, in my opinion, Orwell's magnum opus. I have enjoyed multiple perusals of Burmese Days alongside G.A. Henty's On the Irrawaddy: A Tale of the first Burmese War.
Published in the USA in 1934 and the UK in 1935, Burmese Days was George Orwell’s first novel. An examination of the debasing effect of empire on occupied and occupier, the novel follows John Flory, a timber-merchant in 1920s Burma (where Orwell himself served as an imperial policeman).
Emma Larkin, a writer and Burma expert, introduces Orwell's novel Burmese Days, based on his experience as a policeman in colonial Burma. She explores how the novel reveals the dark side of the Raj, the transformation of Orwell as a writer, and the censorship of the book.
Burmese Days. Chapter 1. U Po Kyin, Sub-divisional Magistrate of Kyauktada, in Upper Burma, was sitting in his veranda. It was only half past eight, but the. month was April, and there was a closeness in the air, a threat of. the long, stifling midday hours. Occasional faint breaths of wind,
