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Homage to Catalonia

Author: George Orwell
Publisher: London : Penguin in association with Martin Secker & Warburg, 1989
Series: Penguin classics
Edition/Format:  Print book : Biography : English : [New ed.]View all editions and formats
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"Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it". Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in Homage to Catalonia. Here he brings to bear all the force of his humanity, passion and clarity, describing with bitter intensity the bright  Read more...
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Genre/Form: History
Personal narratives
Personal narratives, British
Named Person: George Orwell; George Orwell
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: George Orwell
ISBN: 0141183055 9780141183053
OCLC Number: 42954349
Notes: This ed. includes an introduction and a new note.-Previous ed. (i.e. Complete works ed.): London : Secker & Warburg, 1986.
Credits: With an introduction by Julian Symons.
Description: xvii, 247 pages ; 20 cm.
Series Title: Penguin classics
Responsibility: George Orwell.

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Following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, the author brings to bear all the force of his humanity, passion and clarity, describing with bitter intensity the bright hopes and  Read more...

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