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The Road to Wigan Pier

By George Orwell
Series: Collins Classics
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The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell explores the living conditions of the working class in Northern England during the 1930s. Combining vivid personal observations with insightful commentary, Orwell delves into the challenges faced by miners and their families. The book also reflects on socialist ideologies and the social inequalities of the time.
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This book may appeal to you if you're interested in exploring the stark realities of working-class life in 1930s industrial England. It's a compelling examination of poverty, social injustice, and the human spirit, written with George Orwell's characteristic insight and vivid prose. If you're drawn to thought-provoking social commentary and historical depth, you'll find much to ponder and appreciate here.

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If there is one man to whom I do feel myself inferior, it is a coalminer.

In the mid-1930s, George Orwell was given an assignment from his publisher – to write a book about unemployment and social conditions in the economically depressed north of England. Revolutionary for its time, The Road to Wigan Pier documents Orwell's stint in towns like Barnsley, Sheffield, and Wigan in 1936, where he met and observed working-class people living in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire.

Orwell graphically and emphatically describes the hardships of ordinary people living in cramped slum housing, working in dangerous mines, and growing hungry through malnutrition and social injustice. It is an honest, gripping, and humane study that also looks at socialism as a solution to the problems facing working-class northerners – something many readers at the time were uncomfortable discussing.

The Road to Wigan Pier cemented ideas that would be found in Orwell's later works, and remains a powerful portrait of poverty, injustice, and class divisions in Britain to this day.

Series: Collins Classics

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ISBN: 9780008443825

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 January 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HarperCollins

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 111.0mm

Height: 178.0mm

Weight: 90g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Blair, a writer and political commentator. In 2008, THE TIMES ranked him second on a list of 'The 50 greatest British writers since 1945.' His work continues to influence popular and political culture. Tamsin Greig., Nicky Henson and Toby Jones star in this new drama.

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