George Orwell Burmese Days

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Burmese Daysis the first novel by English writerGeorge Orwell. Set inBritish Burmaduring the waning days ofEmpire, when Burma was ruled fromDelhias part ofBritish India, it is "a portrait of the dark side of theBritish Raj." At the centre of the novel is John Flory, "the lone and lacking individual trapped within a bigger system that is undermining the better side of human nature. The novel describes "both indigenous corruption and imperial bigotry" in a society where, "after all, natives were natives-interesting, no doubt, but finally...an inferior people".

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