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 reach Homage to Catalonia. The first part is a visit to the coal-mining areas up north, and a chronicli...

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 the unemployed. Part 2 is an examination of the feelings of middle class British socialists (virtually...

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. It was very interesting to read -- with 2010 hindsight-- Orwell's 1930s vision of Socialism. Also, hi...

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 this book in truth needs little description as Orwell tries to give a detailed view of the conditio...

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 coal mining areas, and this two part book was the result. The first part is a polemic detailing the som...