The Road To Wigan Pier

'We
are living in a world in which nobody is free, in which hardly anybody
is secure, in which it is almost impossible to be honest and to remain
alive.'

In 1936, at the behest of his publisher,
George Orwell set out for Wigan to observe what life was really like in
some of the most deprived areas of Britain's industrial heartlands. The
result was a revealing and unflinching portrait of the working class of
northern England.

Brilliantly written, strongly opinionated, and uniquely affecting, The Road to Wigan Pier provides
insights into the poverty caused by the Great Depression, from the
horrendous working conditions in the mines to the daily struggle of
working people to provide enough food for the family. It is followed by a
personal and often humorous consideration of the state of socialism in
the country.

Part polemic, part social reportage, Orwell's
classic work is a harrowing and intimate account of inequality filled
with observations that remain relevant today.

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