George Orwell bibliography his experiences tramping and teaching in those two cities. "The Road to Wigan Pier" is initially a study of poverty in the North of England, but ends with an extended autobiographical essay describing some of Orwell's experiences with poverty. "Homage to Catalonia" recounts his experiences as a volunteer fighting fascism with the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification in anarchist Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War. Orwell wrote hundreds of essays, book reviews and editorials. His insights into linguistics, literature and politics—in particular anti-fascism, anti-communism, and democratic socialism—continued to be influential decades after his death. Over a dozen of these were
Spanish Testament be the testament of the three men and his other fellow prisoners who did not survive. Koestler's prison experience contributed to his acute psychological insight in his portrayal of events in "Darkness at Noon" (1941), an anti-Communist novel which became a best-seller and gained him international attention. Spanish Testament Spanish Testament is a 1937 book by Arthur Koestler, describing his experiences during the Spanish Civil War. Part II of the book was subsequently published on its own, with minor modifications, under the title "Dialogue with Death" (see below). Koestler made three trips to Spain during the civil war; the third