His best-known novels Animal Farm" & " Nineteen Eighty-Four" are two of the most famous well-quoted & influential political satires ever written. The other novels in this volume are also concerned with individuals at odds with repressive institutions: the corrupt imperialism of " Burmese Days" disaffection with materialistic society in " Keep the Aspidistra Flying" the perils of modern suburban living in " Coming Up for Air" & the down-&-out girls in "A Clergyman's Daughter". They all display Orwell's deep understanding of human nature his biting humour & great compassion."