| Description | Exercise book containing Orwell's manuscript notes and extracts from the 'Daily Worker 'and the 'News Chronicle', Jul 1936-Jun 1937.
Contains quotes transcribed from newspapers describing events in Barcelona between 22 July 1936- 19 June 1937, (the aftermath of the July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona, the events of which contributed to the start of the Spanish Civil War) with a particular focus on political groups, eg. Anarchists, Communists, Socialists, Trotskyists. It appears Orwell is focussing on documenting the language used by the newspapers to illustrate the groups, and events of the period.
Groups mentioned include the "P.U.O.M", (Partido Obero de Unification), the "Anarchist C.N.T" (Confederacin Nacional del Trabajo), the "F.I.A" (Iberian Anarchist Federation). |