Orwell, George
The Road to Wigan Pier (Penguin Modern Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780141185293
- author:
- Orwell, George
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2001
- Pages:
- 240
- Dimensions:
- 12.9 x 1.7 x 19.7 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Other prose: from c 1900 -
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
George Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier is a powerful and unflinching account of life in the industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930s. Written with unblinking honesty and fury, Orwell's vivid descriptions of social injustice, cramped housing, and hazardous working conditions remain a searing indictment of poverty and inequality. This book crystallized the ideas that would shape Orwell's later works, offering a stark and uncompromising portrait of class divisions in Britain. With its graphic details and great humanity, The Road to Wigan Pier remains a compelling and thought-provoking read. The book includes illustrations, explanatory footnotes, and an introduction by Richard Hoggart, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding the social and economic context of the time.
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