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Homage to Catalonia

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Title:Homage to Catalonia
Author:
Blair, Eric Arthur  Writing under the pseudonym: Orwell, George   
(6 of 12 for author by title)
Inside the Whale and other Essays
Down and Out in Paris and London
Published:   1938
Tags:autobiography, non-fiction, Spain, war, Guardian's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time, Spanish Civil War, fascism
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Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations in the Spanish Civil War. . . .

Orwell served as a private, a corporal (cabo) and—when the informal command structure of the militia gave way to a conventional hierarchy in May 1937—as a lieutenant, on a provisional basis, in Catalonia and Aragon from December 1936 until June 1937. In June 1937, the leftist political party with whose militia he served (the POUM, the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification, an anti-Stalinist communist party) was declared an illegal organisation, and Orwell was consequently forced to either flee or face imprisonment.--Wikipedia. [Suggest a different description.]

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Eric Arthur Blair (1903–1950), who used the pen name George Orwell, was an English writer. He led a varied life, first as a policeman in Burma, then in various odd jobs in England and France before he concentrated on writing. He is best known for his sharply satirical novels, 1984 and Animal Farm. His lesser known novels include The Clergyman's Daughter and Keep the Aspidistra Flying. He also wrote books about his colourful life. Burmese Days: a novel inspired by his police service in Burma; Down and Out in Paris and London: a reminiscence of his years in the 1920's; and Homage to Catalonia: a memoir of his time spent with the Republican forces fighting Franco's fascist forces in Spain in the 1930's. He was heavily involved in the socialist movement in England. His book The Road to Wigan Pier discusses the bleak living conditions among the working class in Lancashire and Yorkshire in the industrial north. We also carry some books containing collections of essays: Inside the Whale and Other Essays, The Lion and the Unicorn, Politics and the English Language and other essays, and Shooting an Elephant and other essays. (Oxford Companion to English Literature)

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