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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published.  \nDelphi Classics  \nis an imprint of  \nDelphi Publishing Ltd  \nHastings, East Sussex  \nUnited Kingdom  \nContact: [sales@delphiclassics.com](sales@delphiclassics.com)  \n[www.delphiclassics.com](www.delphiclassics.com)  \nParts Edition Now Available!  \nLove reading George Orwell?  \nDid you know you can now purchase the Delphi Classics Parts Edition of this author and enjoy all the novels, plays, non-fiction books and other works as individual eBooks? Now, you can select and read individual novels etc. and know precisely where you are in an eBook. You will also be able to manage space better on your eReading devices.  \nThe Parts Edition is only available direct from the Delphi Classics website.  \nFor more information about this exciting new format and to try free Parts Edition downloads, please  \nvisit this link.  \nThe Novels  \nMotihari, Bihar, in North-East India—where Eric Blair (known world-wide by his pen name George Orwell) was born. His greatgrandfather Charles Blair was a wealthy country gentleman in Dorset who married Lady Mary Fane, daughter of Thomas Fane, 8 th Earl of Westmorland, and had income as an absentee landlord of plantations in Jamaica.  \nOrwell as a baby  \nOrwell as a young man  \nBURMESE DAYS  \nOrwell ’s first novel, Burmese Days, was published by Harper and Brothers in 1934 in the USA. Due to concerns about possible libellous content in the depiction of certain characters, the novel was not published until the following year in the UK. The work is a scathing attack on colonial life in Burma during the British occupation. The novel is centred on John Flory, a thirty five year old teak merchant, who has become disillusioned with colonial life and the attitudes of his fellow Europeans towards Burma and its people. Flory has a great appreciation of Burmese culture and longs to meet a female companion that shares his views and values. When Elizabeth Lackersteen, the orphaned niece of the timber firm manager, arrives on the scene, Flory believes she is the answer to his desires. Elizabeth possesses none of the qualities or values that Flory wishes in a partner and yet he deceives himself, falls in love and pursues her.  \nOrwell explores the issues of imperialism, racism and the notion of personal identity in Burmese Days. Flory is trapped between his admiration for Burmese culture and dislike of colonial rule, as well as his attachment to English traditions and expectations. He persists in his pursuit of Elizabeth because she fulfils the role of wife that is expected for an English woman and is what society deems a suitable partner for an English gentleman. While Flory is critical of European racism towards the indigenous population, he is content to have a Burmese mistress, but would never consider it appropriate to marry anon-European.  \nOrwell had spent five years during the 1920’s as a police officer in Burma. He had witnessed the nature and impact of imperialism and the horror of the exploitation of the people by colonial rulers. 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