false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1251321701m/6763932.jpg 30553 21 Although George Orwell grew up in the relative comfort of the English middle class, his socialist convictions and general sense of fairness led him to hate his country's deeply ingrained class structure. That perspective permeates this book, but the most striking elements are the quotidian details of life that Orwell observes in his first-person account of the lives of coal miners and others in the poor north of England. <i>Wigan Pier</i> is almost too realistic at times, as Orwell brings his unparalleled powers of observation to portray the wretched conditions of the working class. That Orwell may have slanted his reporting to make things look worse than they were is a question that does not lessen the book's interest. 1034643 1937 The Road to Wigan Pier (Penguin Modern Classics) total:776|5:173|4:327|3:228|2:37|1:11| 776 2942 1096 63 30553 0141185295 9780141185293 679 57 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168078094m/30553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30553.The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier 5 2 false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 09:25:20 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 10:22:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 824545 0156767503 9780156767507 76 5 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178717038m/824545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/824545.The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier 4 1 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 28 11:23:31 -0800 2007 Sat Mar 15 13:37:52 -0700 2008
That being said, I like Orwell's journalistic accounts (like this one and Burmese Days), I like his writing style as th...more...]]> 30553 0141185295 9780141185293 679 57 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168078094m/30553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30553.The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier 5 0 false Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 16:00:31 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 10:29:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 30553 0141185295 9780141185293 679 57 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168078094m/30553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30553.The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier 1 0 false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 07:11:48 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 17:50:52 -0700 2009
Amen, brother.

Really...more...]]> 30553 0141185295 9780141185293 679 57 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168078094m/30553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30553.The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier 2 0 false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 09:55:34 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 16:49:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 30553 0141185295 9780141185293 679 57 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168078094m/30553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30553.The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier 5 0 false Fri Sep 14 04:51:59 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 04:51:59 -0700 2007 more...]]> 30553 0141185295 9780141185293 679 57 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168078094m/30553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30553.The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier 4 0 false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Apr 12 23:54:06 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 08:59:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 30553 0141185295 9780141185293 679 57 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168078094m/30553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30553.The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier 4 0 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 20 10:38:51 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 10:49:42 -0700 2009
You shouldn't complain about your job, unless of course you are a coal miner.

Peaked an interest in better understanding the political climate betw...more...]]> 30553 0141185295 9780141185293 679 57 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168078094m/30553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30553.The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier 0 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon Oct 12 08:08:57 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 08:13:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 30553 0141185295 9780141185293 679 57 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168078094m/30553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30553.The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier 5 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 13:38:20 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 07:38:47 -0700 2007 Whilst Europe and the old British Empire were rapidly approaching a confrontation with Nationalism and Fascism things were far from happy at home.
Orwell was sent to the North of England to report on hardships and unemployment in the industrial are...more...]]> 824545 0156767503 9780156767507 76 5 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178717038m/824545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/824545.The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier 4 0 false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 04:28:50 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 04:44:56 -0700 2009 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 st...more...]]> 1048206 0140017003 9780140017007 12 1 3.79 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1048206.The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier 4 0 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 00:26:50 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 12:30:13 -0700 2008
To belong to this class when you were a the ₤400 a year level was a queer business, for it meant that your gentility was almost purely theoretical. You lived, so to speak, at two levels simultaneously. Theoretically you knew all about servants and how to tip them, although...more...]]> 30553 0141185295 9780141185293 679 57 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168078094m/30553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30553.The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier 3 0 false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 20:53:55 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 03:08:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 30553 0141185295 9780141185293 679 57 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168078094m/30553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30553.The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier 3 0 false Thu Jul 09 07:55:07 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 07:55:07 -0700 2009 ]]> 30553 0141185295 9780141185293 679 57 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168078094m/30553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30553.The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier 5 1 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1965 Sun Jan 18 15:03:05 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 15:06:08 -0800 2009 30553 0141185295 9780141185293 679 57 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168078094m/30553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30553.The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier 5 0 false Sat Sep 26 05:19:35 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 05:20:51 -0700 2009 824545 0156767503 9780156767507 76 5 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178717038m/824545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/824545.The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier 4 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 19 16:29:08 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 20:40:51 -0700 2009 30553 0141185295 9780141185293 679 57 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168078094m/30553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30553.The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier 5 0 false Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Thu Sep 10 15:22:22 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 15:22:22 -0700 2009 824545 0156767503 9780156767507 76 5 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178717038m/824545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/824545.The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier 0 0 false Sat Jul 21 19:29:16 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 21 19:29:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 30553 0141185295 9780141185293 679 57 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168078094m/30553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30553.The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier 0 0 false Sat May 16 21:35:42 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 21:35:42 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6763932