Homage to Catalonia
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Homage to Catalonia is a memoir and the sixth book by English writer George Orwell published in 1938, in which he accounts his personal experiences and observations while fighting in the Spanish Civil
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George Orwell, the author of Homage to Catalonia, who travelled to Spain to fight in the Spanish Civil War
"There were still women serving in the militias, though not very many. In the early battles they had fought side by side with the men as a matter of course." (Barcelona, 1936. Militiawomen on beach near Barcelona. Photo: Gerda Taro).
"I knew that I was serving in something called the POUM. (I had only joined the POUM militia rather than any other because I happened to arrive in Barcelona with ILP papers), but I did not realise that there were serious differences between the political parties." (Republican soldiers, June 1937. Photo: Gerda Taro).
The Road to Wigan Pier
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The Road to Wigan Pier is the fifth book by the English writer George Orwell, first published in 1937. Its first half documents his sociological investigations of the bleak living conditions among the
Homage to Catalonia
…representative in Barcelona and an affiliate of the POUM, a Catalan party of the anti-Stalinist left. After putting the finishing touches on his book The Road to Wigan Pier, he departed for Spain on 23 December 1936. He briefly stopped in Paris, where he met up with his friend Henry Miller, before he continued his journey…
Left Book Club supplementary volume, with 32 pages of plates, left, and first Left Book Club edition, right