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The Road to Wigan Pier

By George Orwell
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell offers a poignant examination of the living conditions of the working class in England during the 1930s. Orwell combines vivid reportage from the industrial towns of the north with his own thoughts on class and societal divisions. The book serves as both a sociological study and a deeply personal reflection on the challenges faced by individuals amidst economic hardship.
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You might enjoy this book if you're intrigued by vibrant observations on working-class life in 1930s industrial England. It's a compelling read that combines personal narrative with keen social commentary, offering deep insights into economic hardship and the human spirit.

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The Road to Wigan Pier

Features observations of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930s. This title provides descriptions of social injustice, cramped slum housing, dangerous mining conditions, squalor, hunger and growing unemployment and more.

'We are mistaken when we say that 'It isn't the same for them as it would be for us', and that people bred in the slums can imagine nothing but the slums. For what I saw on her face was not the ignorant suffering of an animal.

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An account of Orwell's observations of working-class life in 1930s England, in a stunning new cover look for his great works.

A searing account of George Orwell's observations of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930s, The Road to Wigan Pier is a brilliant and bitter polemic that has lost none of its political impact over time.

His graphically unforgettable descriptions of social injustice, cramped slum housing, dangerous mining conditions, squalor, hunger, and growing unemployment are written with unblinking honesty, fury, and great humanity.

It crystallised the ideas that would be found in Orwell's later works and novels, and remains a powerful portrait of poverty, injustice, and class divisions in Britain.

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell is praised for its powerful expression of social critique, capturing Orwell's profound anger and frustration. Peter Ackroyd from The Times highlights this work as a significant early outlet for Orwell's impassioned commentary on the struggles and injustices faced by the working class.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141395456

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 January 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 111.0mm

Height: 181.0mm

Weight: 133g

Pages: 224

Collections

Arts & Culture Education & Reference George Orwell History & Military Non-Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Politics & Current Affairs Series: Penguin Modern Classics

About the Author

Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.

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