About this title: A searing account of George Orwell's observations of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930s, "The Road to Wigan Pier" is a brilliant and bitter polemic that has lost none of its political impact over time. His graphically unforgettable descriptions of social injustice, cramped slum housing, dangerous mining conditions, squalor, hunger and growing unemployment are written with unblinking honesty, fury and great humanity. It crystallized the ideas that would be found in Orwell's later works and novels, and remains a powerful portrait of ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Secker & Warburg, London
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780436350276ISBN:0436350270
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. 231p., [32]p. of plates: ill.; 24 cm. Originally published: London: Gollancz, 1937. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt Brace and Co., New York
Date Published: 1958
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 264 p. Audience: General/trade. First American edition. Foreword by Victor Gollancz. Ex library with tape residue on cover and endpages and a library stamp. Some penciled underlining in text. read more
Description: Very Good. Classics. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book is tight and clean. Previous owner's name scribbled out at top ffep. Some unfrequent underlining and marginalia. Spine sunned. Extremities lightly rubbed. read more
Description: New. 0156767503 NEW! NEVER USED! . There are no highlights, No pen marks, No missing pages. The binding is sturdy. Upgraded shipping on orders over $49.99. Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Description: [0-14-001700-3] 1980, later printing. (Mass market paperback)...Very good.......Remainder mark on tail....Pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair....(Fiction) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Books
Date Published: 1961
Description: Good. Berkley Medallion BG517. This is a clean book with heavy cover wear. The covers have light edge wear and chipping. The back cover has obvious rubbing near the top. The front cover is seperated from the spine at the top and the bottom. The spine is tight but slightly rolled with one obvious crease. The interior pages are light brown, clean and unmarked. There are no loose torn or missing pages. There are no dog-eared pages. There is no soiling or water damage. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvest Books
Date Published: 1972-10-18
ISBN-13:9780156767507ISBN:0156767503
Description: Good. Good condition trade pb; 1st American edition-1958; binding is square and tight with one crease on spine; cover is clean and flat with moderate shelfwear, one hole punch over price, and corners creased/curled; bookstore sticker/stamp on cover page; pages are mildly yellowed but free of any writing or markings; a clean, square and tight copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780140017007ISBN:0140017003
Description: Good. Page colour-Slightly discoloured in accordance with book age. The edges of this book are slightly damaged. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
"I'm still finishing it but I can already say that's it one of my favourites from Orwell. The first half of the book describes the lives of labours so vividly, that I couldn't stop reading. While the rest really exposes economical and political situation in Britain and Europ in XX century. His style may not be as touched up as in his later, more acknowledged novels, but still fasicnates. Definately worth reading."
"This is one of my all-time favorite books. I really need to reread it, because I don't remember the details, but only being captivated by the language and the humanity."
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