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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 (Brasil: Dias na Birmânia / Portugal: Dias da Birmânia [1]) é um romance de George Orwell publicado em 1934. Este romance demonstra a verdadeira face do Império Britânico na Índia e consequentemente no mundo.
Not as polished as some of his later works, George Orwell's Burmese Days still packs a punch. Set during colonial rule in 1920s Burma, Orwell tells the story of John Flory, a British civil civil servant who feels trapped in an oppressive system he is part of.
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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.
In Burmese Days, George Orwell explores the themes of racism and prejudice through the lens of British colonialism in Burma. The novel depicts the ways in which the British colonizers viewed the Burmese people as inferior and treated them with disdain and cruelty.
Burmese Days is a 1934 book by George Orwell, based on his experience as an imperial policeman in Burma. It depicts the corruption, racism and oppression of British colonial rule and the resistance of the Burmese people.
In George Orwell: Early life. …imperial rule in his novel Burmese Days and in two brilliant autobiographical sketches, “Shooting an Elephant” and “A Hanging,” classics of expository prose. Read More.
