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
Description: Fine. 0156767503 NEVER USED! This book has never been read. There are no highlights, No pen marks, No missing pages. The binding is sturdy. This book may have slight shelf wear. Upgraded shipping on orders over $49.99. Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed! 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: [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: 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
Edition: 3rd Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Corporation, New York
Date Published: 1967
Description: Good. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers slightly soiled; several creases; moderate edge wear/ corners and spine hinge creased/ slight readers slant/ several page tips creased. 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. **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
"My first non-fiction book of Orwell. Excellent writing. Covers the backbreaking work of coal mining in the 30's. Bought 4 others that I'm reading now. His biting criticisms are accurate, full of detail and true today in new contexts."
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