George Orwell
Road to Wigan Pier
- ISBN 13:
- 9780156767507
- author:
- George Orwell
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- HMH
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1972
- Pages:
- 256
- Genre:
- History Textbook
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
George Orwell's groundbreaking investigation into England's working class in the 1930s led him to write The Road to Wigan Pier. In this seminal work, Orwell delves into the lives of coal miners and their families, exposing the harsh realities of poverty and unemployment in the industrial north. Orwell's unflinching reporting on the employed as well as the unemployed reveals a complex web of social and economic issues that challenged his own views on socialism. With unvarnished honesty, he shares his personal experiences, including living among the miners and struggling to make ends meet, to illustrate why socialism failed to address the needs of ordinary people. Through The Road to Wigan Pier, Orwell offers a searing critique of the social and economic systems that perpetuate poverty and inequality. This thought-provoking work remains an important sociological study, offering valuable insights into the human impact of economic conditions.
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