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Long live the ficus! – George Orwell – IS – 2024 – ISBN 978-5-17-083894-3

Long live the ficus!
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"Long Live the Ficus!" (1936) is a bitter, ironic novel, largely autobiographical. The protagonist is Gordon Comstock, an unrecognized poet and failed writer forced to work in an advertising agency to earn a living. He has a genuine talent for composing slogans, but his work disgusts him, seeing it as a caricature of literary creativity. He despises material values and the vulgarity of everyday life, symbolized by the ficus on his windowsill. He blames all his failures on money, but proud poverty only drives him deeper into depression. Comstock needs to understand that there are simple joys beyond high art, and that there is nothing shameful in the desire to earn money. What will save him?
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