Burmese Days Condition:Good and through it all Schuyler

and through it all Schuyler is torn between duty and passion

and less and less chance of poor Maxudov's play ever being performed

the evil pixie is wreaking havoc yet again

To read it is to encounter the full spectrum of humanity – its ugliness

Burmese Days Condition:Good and through it all SchuylerGeorge Orwell's first novel, inspired by his own experiences in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, Burmese Days includes a new introduction by Emma Larkin in Penguin Modern Classics. Based on his experiences as a policeman in Burma, George Orwell's first novel presents a devastating picture of British colonial rule. It describes corruption and imperial bigotry in a society where, 'after all, natives were natives interesting, no doubt, but finally an