The Road to Wigan Pier
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Ancient & Classical, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | George Orwell | ISBN: | 9780547523019 |
| Publisher: | HMH Books | Publication: | October 18, 1972 |
| Imprint: | Mariner Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | George Orwell |
| ISBN: | 9780547523019 |
| Publisher: | HMH Books |
| Publication: | October 18, 1972 |
| Imprint: | Mariner Books |
| Language: | English |
In the 1930s Orwell was sent by a socialist book club to investigate the appalling mass unemployment in the industrial north of England. He went beyond his assignment to investigate the employed as well--“to see the most typical section of the English working class.” Foreword by Victor Gollancz.
In the 1930s Orwell was sent by a socialist book club to investigate the appalling mass unemployment in the industrial north of England. He went beyond his assignment to investigate the employed as well--“to see the most typical section of the English working class.” Foreword by Victor Gollancz.
