Homage to Catalonia

With a new introduction, this is a personal record of Orwell's growing disillusionment with the Spanish Civil War, gathering themes he would later explore to perfection in Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Having joined international leftist forces in Barcelona, Orwell grew frustrated by the repressive totalitarianism of Stalin's communism.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

George Orwell, the pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair, was born in Bengal, India, in 1903. He was educated at Eton, became a policeman in Burma but suffered and studied poverty. His great works, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, are a product of his hatred of totalitarianism. His legacy of writing and political thought is much admired today.

Zusammenfassung

With a new introduction, this is a personal record of Orwell's growing disillusionment with the Spanish Civil War, gathering themes he would later explore to perfection in Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Having joined international leftist forces in Barcelona, Orwell grew frustrated by the repressive totalitarianism of Stalin's communism.

Vorwort

A new edition of Orwell's early work, showing the origins of his commitment to social justice.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: George Orwell
• Mitarbeit: Jaron Murphy (Einführung)
• Verlag: Flame Tree Publishing
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.08.2022
• Thema: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte
• EAN: 9781804172278
• ISBN: 978-1-80417-227-8
• Anzahl Seiten: 352
• Serie: Essential Gothic, SF & Dark Fantasy; ESSENTIAL GOTHIC SF DARK FANTA
• Themen: Fiction; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes; HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain; autobiographies; George Orwell