Burmese Days

Burmese Days is a novel by British writer George Orwell. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1934. It is a tale from the waning days of British colonialism, when Burma was ruled from Delhi as a part of British India - "a portrait of the dark side of the British Raj. At its center is John Flory, "the lone and lacking individual trapped within a bigger system that is undermining the better side of human nature. Orwell's first novel, it describes "corruption and imperial bigotry" in a society where, "after all, natives were natives-interesting, no doubt, but finally...an inferior people. George Orwell, born in 1903 in India was an English novelist, essayist, and critic He was a man of strong opinions who addressed some of the major political movements of his times, including imperialism, fascism and communism. Orwell was the author of six novels as well as numerous essays and nonfiction works. His other famous works include Animal Farm' and'Nineteen Eighty-Four'.