Birmańskie dni - Zofia Zinserling, George Orwell • BookLikes (ISBN:8386379219)

Birmańskie dni

by: Zofia Zinserling (author) George Orwell (author)

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"Czy jest na świecie coś niewdzięczniejszego, haniebniejszego niż pożądanie kobiety, której się nigdy nie będzie miało?"

"Jako sędzie stosował proste metody. Choćby największa łapówka nie przesądzała o wyniku sprawy, gdyż wiedział, że sędzia, który wydaje niesprawiedliwe wyroki prędzej czy później wypada. Miał znacznie bezpieczniejszy zwyczaj brania łapówek od obu stron,a potem orzekania w pełni zgodnego z literą prawa. Temu zawdzięczał pożyteczną reputację człowieka bezstronnego."

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 8386379219

Publish date: 1997

Publisher: Rachocki i S-ka

Edition language: Polski

Category:

Classics, Novels, Travel, Literature, European Literature, British Literature, Cultural, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, 20th Century, Asia, English Literature

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Though uttered in much more genteel circumstances than the setting of this book, Mr. Darcy's timeless put-down of Meryton society in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice can't fail to come to mind when referring to the characters populating George Orwell's first novel. Burmese Days is, down to the last...

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Domhnall rated it

11 years ago

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Terrific novel - an absolute pleasure to read. Spiteful, provocative, twisted and malevolent, the story is a real surprise.

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Edward rated it

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Sketch-map of KyauktadaIntroductionA Note on the Text--Burmese Days

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Julian Meynell's Books rated it

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This book is as one might think from Orwell an indictment of colonialism. Focusing on the machinations of getting native Burmese into a small white's only club, several people are consumed and destroyed in the process.The book gets better as it goes along. It is at times very good, but it is writt...

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Telynor's Library, and then some rated it

12 years ago

http://telynor.booklikes.com Telynor's Library, and then some 0.0

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I only made it through a tenth of this book before tossing it. It starts off very racist, bigoted and demeaning for both the reader and the subject. I had heard that this was a good book, but after giving it a try, it's just not for me. No stars. DNF'd

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