The Road to Wigan Pier
$26.80
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
9 March 2021
Summary
The Road to Wigan Pier is a book in two parts: the first half is Orwell’s description of working-class life in industrial communities of the north of England, the second examines his own political views.
Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is introduced by Amelia Gentleman.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529032727 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529032725 |
| Author: | George Orwell, Amelia Gentleman |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 9 March 2021 |
| Weight: | 178g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 103mm x 162mm |
| Series: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
With absolute confidence, after several false starts, the mature George Orwell takes charge of this idiosyncratic account of working-class life from his first page.
With absolute confidence, after several false starts, the mature George Orwell takes charge of this idiosyncratic account of working-class life from his first page. – Robert McCrum, ‘100 best nonfiction books of all time’ * Guardian *
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell) was born in 1903 in India, where his father was a civil servant. After studying at Eton, he served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma for several years, and this inspired his first novel, Burmese Days. After two years in Paris, he returned to England to work as a teacher and then in a bookshop. In 1936 he travelled to Spain to fight for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, where he was badly wounded. During the Second World War he worked for the BBC. A prolific journalist and essayist, Orwell wrote some of the most influential books in English literature, including the dystopian Nineteen Eighty-Four and his political allegory Animal Farm. He died from tuberculosis in 1950.
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