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Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.
The Orwells on Trial. After the Orwells’ escape to England, both George and his wife were charged in Spain with Trostskyism and being agents of the POUM. The trial took place in their absence in 1938.
Critical Reception. Homage to Catalonia was a commercial failure when it was published in 1938 in Britain. It was not until the success of Orwell’s novels in the 1950s that the book received greater attention and, in 1952, was published in the United States to critical acclaim.