George Orwell: The Road to Wigan Pier (Collins Classics)

HarperCollins proudly presents this timeless literary classic by George Orwell, the internationally best-selling author of Animal Farm and 1984. The Road to Wigan Pier is a gripping and humane study documenting Orwell's observations of working-class life in the economically depressed north of England during the mid-1930s.

Commissioned by his publisher, Orwell spent time in towns like Barnsley, Sheffield, and Wigan in 1936, meeting and observing people living in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire. This work graphically details the hardships faced by ordinary people, including cramped slum housing, dangerous mine work, and malnutrition resulting from social injustice.

• A revolutionary and honest account of poverty, social injustice, and class divisions in Britain.
• Documents George Orwell's 1936 investigation into unemployment and social conditions in Northern England.
• Examines socialism as a potential solution to the problems facing the working class.
• Cemented ideas that would be explored further in Orwell's later works.
• Part of the HarperCollins range of timeless literary classics.

• Author: George Orwell
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Publication Date: January 21, 2021
• Print Length: 256 pages
• ISBN 13: 978-0008443825
• Dimensions: 111 x 16 x 178mm
• Weight: 90g

This essential piece of social commentary remains a powerful portrait of Britain's class structure. Secure your copy of this significant work by George Orwell today.