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Gollancz published the work under the Left Book Club which gave Orwell a far higher circulation than his previous works.

However Gollancz feared the second half would offend Left Book Club readers and inserted a mollifying preface to the book while Orwell was in Spain.

The original edition included 32 illustrations which were photographs of Welsh coal miners and of slums in the East End of London.

Orwell did not choose the images and their inclusion may not have been his idea.