Homage to Catalonia


Homage to Catalonia
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell

Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations in the Spanish Civil War. The first edition was published in 1938. The book was not published in the United States until February 1952; this edition had an influential preface by Lionel Trilling. The only translation published in Orwell's lifetime was into Italian, in December 1948. A French translation made by Yvonne Davetâ€â€with whom Orwell corresponded, commenting on her translation and providing explanatory notesâ€â€in 1938-39, was not published until five years after Orwell's death.

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