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A first edition, first printing published by Gollancz in 1935. A very good copy without inscriptions with some internal spotting and wear to the boards, with a little fading to the boards. Burmese Days is a novel by George Orwell, published in 1934. Set in 1920s British-occupied Burma, it offers a critique of British colonialism. The story revolves around John Flory, a disillusioned British timber merchant who befriends Dr. Veraswami, a local Indian doctor. Flory's struggle against the racist attitudes of his fellow Europeans, particularly the bigoted U Po Kyin, forms the novel's core conflict. Flory's relationship with Elizabeth Lackersteen, a young Englishwoman, adds personal drama to his ethical dilemmas. The novel portrays the corrupt and oppressive nature of colonial rule, highlighting the moral and spiritual decay it causes in both the colonisers and the colonised. Orwell, drawing on his own experiences as a police officer in Burma, uses Burmese Days to explore themes of power, racism, and the impact of imperialism on individual lives.

Burmese Days is a novel by British writer George Orwell, which tells a story of corruption and imperial bigotry in a British colony during the British Raj.