George Orwell bibliography the Spanish Civil War in "Homage to Catalonia". Between 1941 and 1946 he also wrote fifteen "London Letters" for the American political and literary quarterly "Partisan Review", the first of which appeared in the issue dated March–April 1941. Only two compilations of Orwell's body of work were published in his lifetime, but since his death over a dozen collected editions have appeared. Two attempts have been made at comprehensive collections: "Complete Essays, Journalism and Letters" in four volumes (1968–70), co-edited by Ian Angus and Orwell's widow Sonia Brownell; and "The Complete Works of George Orwell", in 20 volumes, edited by
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