New covers for four George Orwell books

Illustrator Marion Deuchars has designed the covers for four George Orwell books, published this week by Penguin. Each volume has one of Orwell’s major works at its core – Homage to Catalonia, Animal Farm, The Road to Wigan Pier and Down and Out in Paris and London – plus letters, essays and journalism. The books are based on Orwell’s major themes: Spain’s agony in the Civil War; politics and the abuse of politics; the pleasures and horrors of England; and the plight of the dispossessed.