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Homage to Catalonia

George Orwell

Homage to Catalonia

Paper book: €26.99

Digital: €6.99

Original publication
1938
Monolingual
7 September 2026
Pages
622
Difficulty
Medium
Genres
Biography and Autobiography, History
Moods
Travel back in time, Meet a real life, Think it through
Translated from
English

Book summary

In 1936, George Orwell goes to Spain to write about the civil war, and almost at once joins a militia to fight fascism. He describes the cold and boredom of the trenches, the brotherhood among volunteers, then his return to Barcelona, where the Republicans end up fighting among themselves.

A first-hand account, sincere and full of irony, by the author of “Nineteen Eighty-Four” and “Animal Farm”, about a war in which the truth quickly became a weapon.

Written in a clear, direct style, it is easy to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

革命のバルセロナ。スペイン内戦のさなか、ひとりのイギリス人作家がバルセロナに着く。町は労働者が権力を握っている。誰もが互いを「同志」と呼び、チップは禁止だ。作家はこの新しい世界のために戦おうと決め、ほどなく義勇兵の民兵隊に加わる。

The world of the book

内戦下のスペイン。1936年7月、フランコ将軍らの軍の一部が、スペイン共和国政府に対して反乱を起こす。カタルーニャの大都市バルセロナでは、労働者と警察が反乱軍を打ち破る。労働者たちは民兵隊を組織する。将軍も一兵卒も同じ給料を受け取る義勇兵の部隊だ。

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