ship or love. There is only love for Big Brother. It isthe story of Smith’s secret rebellion from the party through love, sex, free-thought andchoice. It is said to be Orwell’s greatest achievement (Calder 74-88). CRITISCISM Thisis the kind of book I like to read, where I get the truth in chapters of real life...”, writesW.h* Davies about Down and Out in Paris and London. Daniel George for the tribunesays, “Much of it is, I should judge, written from first-hand knowledge.” Hames Farrellcomments “[Orwell’s] account is genuine, unexaggerated and intelligent” (Meyers 39-49)About Burmese Days, an anonymous author writes, “Burmese Days, by George Orwell issymptomatic of the reaction against conventional portrayals of Burma as a land oftinkling temples bells, gentle charming Burmans, and strong silent Englishman”. For theFortnightly, G.W. Stonier observes, “Burmese Days is another novel, and I recommend itto all those who enjoy a lively hatred in fiction” (Meyers 50-57) About Orwell’s nextnovel, A Clergyman’s Daughter, Peter Quennel writes “A Clergyman’s Daughter isambitious yet not entirely successful”. Michael Sayers comments “George Orwell is apopular novelist sensitive to values that most other novelists are popular for ignoring”.For the Commonweal, Geoffrey Stone reports, “...in A Clergyman’s Daughter, [Orwell]arranges circumstance so that the pessimistic conclusion will seem inevitable” (Meyers58-64) “Mr. Orwell’s new book, bitter almost throughout and often crude is also all aboutmoney,” writes William Plomer of Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Cyril Connoly, for theNew Statesman and Nation, writes, “The book is the recital of [Orwell’s] misfortunesinterrupted by tirades against money and the spiritual evil it causes”. An unsigned noticein the Times Literary Supplement states...
