The Road to Wigan Pier, (Paperback)

from HadriantheBlind

The Road to Wigan Pier is a book in two parts, both observant and fiery. This is one of Orwell's lesser-known works, but still one of his better ones. It surpasses Burmese Days and might almost rea...

from k6gst

My third Orwell in as many weeks, if you're keeping score. Part 1 is his tour through the living conditions of the working class in industrial Lancashire and Yorkshire, primarily coal miners and th...

from technodiabla

This book is part journalistic look at 1930s Northern England coal miners and unemployment and part treatise on Socialism. I enjoyed the book, though Part 2 did get a bit tedious and long-winded. I...

from PilgrimJess

"It is only when you meet someone of a different culture from yourself that you begin to realise what your own beliefs really are." The Road to Wigan Pier is written in two parts. The first part of...

from SandDune

In 1937 George Orwell travelled through the cities and towns of Northern England investigating the living and working conditions of the unemployed and working class of England, in particular in coa...