Homage to Catalonia

Homage to Catalonia

by George Orwell

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[Homage to Catalonia][1] is [George Orwell][2]'s account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil War'. Alongside many British workers, trades unionists, and socialists keen to help the Spanish defend their Republic from General Franco's Fascist forces. Orwell joined the [POUM][3] Militia in the Catalan region of Spain, was injured in the fighting and invalided back to England. After leaving the front line preparatory to leaving Spain, Orwell saw for himself the machinations of the Comm

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"3. Four books on the Spanish Civil War, which was the trial run for the hundred years of Western history that followed. The Spanish Civil War by Hugh Thomas Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell Spain In Our Hearts by Adam Hochschild Mine Were Of Trouble by Peter Kemp"

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"A lot of people have read Orwell's 1984, he actually wrote a book that's better. It's Homage to Catalonia."

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