RWood
05-29-2007, 09:47 PM
This is the ninth and final book in the Orwell series from Project Gutenberg of Australia. There are two (2) other titles available but they are both contained in the 50 Essays collection already posted.
Wikipedia says -
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's personal account of the Spanish Civil War, written in the first person. The first edition was published in 1938. Orwell served as both a private and an officer in parts of Catalonia and Aragon from December 1936 until June 1937, when the political party he served under (the POUM, an anti-Stalinist communist party) was made an illegal organisation and he was forced to flee or face imprisonment.
Wikipedia says -
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's personal account of the Spanish Civil War, written in the first person. The first edition was published in 1938. Orwell served as both a private and an officer in parts of Catalonia and Aragon from December 1936 until June 1937, when the political party he served under (the POUM, an anti-Stalinist communist party) was made an illegal organisation and he was forced to flee or face imprisonment.