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This collection gathers Orwell's principal non-fiction of the 1930s and early 1940s. Book-length pieces include the tramp and kitchen-porter memoir Down and Out in Paris and London; Homage to Catalonia, on fighting with a POUM militia in Spain and on the Barcelona street fighting; and The Road to Wigan Pier, on unemployment and housing in the industrial north and on English socialism. Two further volumes collect essays and journalism on politics, literature, patriotism, and wartime Britain. The writing mixes first-person observation with argument about class, language, and totalitarianism. The set is reportage and polemic, not the novels.
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Record ID1125
Contributor
AuthorGeorge Orwell
Translator
—Introduced by
Michael FootEditor
—Preface by
—Illustrator
Bill Brandt, OthersCollection & Classification
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First Published
1980Fiction / Non-Fiction
FictionEdition
Standard EditionPhysical Details
Binding
Cloth BoundTypeface
Egyptienne F RomanPage Count
1272ISBN
—Slipcase
YesMarket & Pricing
Language
EnglishFolio Price
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—In Print
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947Last Updated: 23 August 2026
Subject/Genre
10 SubjectsLiterary Collections
History
Essays
Political
20th Century
War & Military
Spain
England
Revolutions
Uprisings & Rebellions
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Volumes5 Volumes
| No. | Volume Title | Page Count |
|---|---|---|
| Vol. 1 | George Orwell, Down and Out | 211 pp |
| Vol. 2 | The Road to Wigan Pier | 245 pp |
| Vol. 3 | Homage to Catalonia | 220 pp |
| Vol. 4 | My Country Right or Left and Other Selected Journalism | 278 pp |
| Vol. 5 | Funny, but Not Vulgar and Other Selected Essays and Journalism | 318 pp |
Physical Description
Dimensions22.2 x 14.4 cm
Bound in monochrome photo printed cloth. Monochrome photo printed five-volume silver slipcase.
Printings1 Printings
| Printing | Print Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Printing | 1998 | — |