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by George Orwell (Author) "U Po Kyin, Sub-divisional Magistrate of Kyauktada, in Upper Burma, was sitting in his veranda ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (26 April 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140182276
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140182279
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Burmese Days Review, 23 Jan 2004
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I rank two novels as my absolute favourites. 'Burmese Days' and Somerset Maugham's 'The Narrow Corner', in several ways similar. Both are set in Empire and both describe the effect on a character when a devastating realisation of unrequited love descends. To read into Flory's mind is to see an obsession not with Elizabeth but with a flawed projection of his own needs. If this has no resonance with you, then this novel at least illustrates the versatility of Orwell's genius. There is more to this novel than a comment on colonialism or even semi-autobiography. This is the most accurate love story I have read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of Orwell's four great novels, 23 Jul 2004
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That the imagery and language of 1984 have become so indelibly printed on the minds of modern society should be enough on its own to make people investigate Orwell's other novels. Sadly, this isn't the case so most people miss out on the joys of the greatest English writer of the 20th Century.

Burmese Days is Orwell's homage to the Raj, if you like; a caustic look at the miserable and meaningless existence of ex-pats in the dying days of the Empire. Like all Orwell's writing, it is informed by his own personal experiences. He also writes with a clarity and simplicity that means his images and meanings are never in doubt.

Ultimately, Burmese Days is a tragedy and there is scant little hope or jollity to be found anywhere in it, but this doesn't detract from a wholly engaging read. Like Homage to Catalonia, Orwell's great work about the Spanish Civil War, you are left understanding what life was like for the writer in his days in the service of the Crown. As with all Orwell's novels except, ironically, 1984, the author's humanist tendencies shine through, meaning you feel sympathy and empathy with everyone in the book; Orwell is not helping you to understand the processes of life, rather their impact, in the hope that you can do something about it.

Just so you know, the four Orwell novels everyone should read are 1984, Animal Farm, Coming up for Air and Burmese Days (in that order), and everyone should also read Homage to Catalonia and The Road to Wigan Pier as well. His essays are equally wonderful and the most startling thing about all his writing is how relevant its themes and observations still are 60 or 70 years on.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Orwell's forgotten masterpiece, 23 Jun 2002
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A work of amazing power which deserves to rank up there with 1984 and Animal Farm. Orwell delivers a wonderful character study of Flory (the main character)and uses the novel to express his own absolute disgust at the way the British Empire was run. Some of the passages contain such wonderful insight into the human condition that they stay in the brain forever. If the ending does not leave you moved, you're made of stone.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, if rather horrible to the modern reader
An interesting and in many places rather distasteful picture of life in Burma under British rule. Most of the characters of all races and nationalities are rather unpleasant,... Read more
Published 9 months ago by John Hopper

4.0 out of 5 stars on the empire
Orwell's first novel. He considered it to contain too many purple passages, but this is an important description of the oppression of empire, particularly its psychological impact... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Cole Davis

5.0 out of 5 stars Pox Britannica
George Orwell's picture of the British Indian Empire is a world of real and mental violence, pure racism, provocations by and manipulations of indigenous rebellions, corruption,... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Luc REYNAERT

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Orwellian
This was Orwell's first novel, but it doesn't read like it. Perhaps his imagery is a little more polished in 1984 and Animal Farm, but it's all here at the beginning one way or... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley

5.0 out of 5 stars Like being there, both in space and time...
I picked up "Burmese Days" in a local market in Mandalay, heading towards Bagan..
Already fascinated about Myanmar and by its culture and history, well... Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2007 by L. P. M. Terribile

5.0 out of 5 stars A disturbing reality
Orwell's depiction of British colonial rule reveals the foul racism of British imperialism and the dogmatism of its offspring. Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2007 by Conor Harris Wilson

5.0 out of 5 stars Moving love story
Flory is the main character living amongst the locals in Imperial Burma where he fall's for a young English girl. Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2006 by Bobby

5.0 out of 5 stars The End of Empire
Orwell was himself a Colonial policeman and this experience seared an impression of the last gasps of the Raj into his psyche, allowing him to express the anger he felt in his... Read more
Published on 22 April 2006 by Mark Kobayashi-Hillary

5.0 out of 5 stars fascinating historical insight and a captivating story
Like most of Orwell's novels, 'Burmese Days' is principally about social alienation, here against the backdrop of a remote jungle outpost of the British empire in the 1920s. Read more
Published on 1 Jul 2005 by A. A. M. Weyenbarg

4.0 out of 5 stars Blair Into Orwell - Catharsis or Crisis?
It is mainly forgotten that Eric Blair spent a good long time in Burma as an agent of the Imperial government. Read more
Published on 27 Jun 2003 by A. Reynolds

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