Long live the ficus! The Priest's Daughter

Long live the ficus! 1936 — a bitter, ironic, largely autobiographical novel. The main character — Gordon Comstock, an unrecognized poet, a failed writer, forced to work in an advertising agency to earn a living. He despises material values and the banality of everyday life, symbolized by the ficus on the window. In all his failures, he blames money, but proud poverty only leads him deeper into depression… Comstock must understand that besides high art, there are also simple joys, and there is nothing shameful in the desire to earn money. What will save him? The Priest's Daughter 1935 — a novel that is completely unlike the sarcastic Animal Farm and the grim dystopia 1984. A novel that will introduce you to a different Orwell — a master of psychological realism. This story is a cruel mockery of outdated morals and society's customs, living in religion without faith and limiting a person's freedom to choose their own life path.