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Commissioned by the Left Book club in 1936, George Orwell set out to report on working class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire. The experience profoundly changed him, and in The Road to Wigan Pier he unleased a brilliant and bitter polemic.
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The Road to Wigan Pier, George Orwell
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- Released
- 1962
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- George Orwell
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Released
- 1962
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, True Stories, Biographies, Political Science & Politics, Politics, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Creative Nonfiction, 20th century, Gifts for grandpa, Sociology, England, Society, Journalism, Narrative Journalism, Politicians' Biographies, Reflections and Contemplations, Socialism, Social Conditions, Workers, Miners, Year 1936
- First published
- 1937
- Original title
- The Road to Wigan Pier
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- Commissioned by the Left Book club in 1936, George Orwell set out to report on working class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire. The experience profoundly changed him, and in The Road to Wigan Pier he unleased a brilliant and bitter polemic.