Burmese Days

George Orwell's Burmese Days (1934) is a caustic and deeply observant novel of British colonial Burma, exposing the moral decay, racial prejudice, and institutional corruption that undergird empire. Centered on John Flory, a timber merchant alienated from the complacencies of the European Club, the novel combines social realism with sharp satire and psychological nuance. Its atmosphere of tropical lethargy, petty rivalries, and spiritual disillusionment places it within the tradition of the col ...