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Homage to Catalonia

George Orwell

Homage to Catalonia

Paper book: €33.99

Digital: €14.99

Original publication
1938
Bilingual edition
September 7, 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

Revolution in Barcelona. An English writer arrives in Barcelona in the middle of the Spanish Civil War. The workers have taken power there. Everyone calls everyone else “comrade”, and tipping is forbidden. The writer…

The world of the book

Spain torn by civil war. In July 1936, part of the army, with General Franco, rose up against the government of the Spanish Republic. In Barcelona, Catalonia’s great city, the workers and the police defeated the rebel…

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