The Road to Wigan Pier

Non-Fiction, History & Politics, British History, 20th Century Britain

George Orwell (author), Richard Hoggart (author of introduction), Peter Davison (author of notes)

Paperback Published on: 26/04/2001

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George Orwell's searing account 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

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

Includes illustrations, explanatory footnotes, and an introduction by Richard Hoggart

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780141185293
Number of pages: 240
Weight: 226g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 15 mm

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Janet Anne Mitchell

Simply amazing

An amazing book with insight to the lives of real working class people and fantastic analysis by Orwell. I'd recommend this book to all readers, and it has... READ MORE

Suraj

Thought-provoking

A first-hand account into the depths of poverty and all of its squalor. Orwell also makes a very strong point with regards to socialism, however, we all kn... READ MORE

Stephen

Orwell at his best and most comfortable

I was never taught about the plight of the working class in this country during the Great Depression, so I found this novel eye opening and at times, very ... READ MORE

Stephanie Holmes

The road to Wigan Pier

Worth a read - incredible insight into the world of coal miners in the 1930s and the poverty and malnourished people living in the northern towns and citie... READ MORE

Cathleen Johnstone

A Curiosity Rather Than A Treatise.

The Road To Wigan Pier by Old Etonian George Orwell (otherwise known as Eric Arthur Blair) is a non-fiction account of the state of the British economy in ... READ MORE

Mark Rothwell

The Road to Wigan Pier

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