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Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Orwell Paints Abortion in the Soul

Orwell Paints Abortion in the Soul

In Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Orwell describes the protagonist's reaction to the suggestion from the girl he impregnated that she get an abortion: "That pulled him up. For the first time he grasped, with the only kind of knowledge that matters, what they were really talking about.
By Eric Scheske Dec 11, 2020

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