"Long live ficus!" - a bitter, ironic, largely autobiographical novel. The main character is Gordon Comstock, an unrecognized poet, a failed writer, forced to serve in an advertising agency to earn a living. He despises material values and the vulgarity of the everyday way of life, the symbol of which is the ficus tree on the window. He blames money for all his failures, but proud poverty only leads him into the depths of depression... Comstock needs to understand that in addition to high art, there are also simple joys, and there is nothing shameful in the desire to make money. What will save him? “The Priest’s Daughter” is a novel that is completely different from the sarcastic “Animal Farm” and the dark dystopia “1984.” A novel that will introduce you to a different Orwell - a master of psychological realism. This story is a cruel mockery of the outdated morals and foundations of a society that lives in a religion without faith and limits a person’s freedom to choose his own path in life.