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Read by Jeremy Northam, Orwell’s ever topical and powerful account of poverty, injustice and class division in Britain.
If 'peerless prose' could apply to one writer alone, I'd accord it to Orwell
Jeremy Northam is superb. The manner is wholly entertaining yet maintaining an air of informative anecdote making the book so real and alive.
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George Orwell’s direct style and his hallmark hard honesty and humanity, blend brilliantly for the spoken word medium. This audio is read by Jeremy Northam.
The Road to Wigan Pier is a graphic and biting polemic that still holds a fierce political relevance and impact despite being written over half a century ago. First published in 1937 it charts George Orwell’s observations of working-class life during the 1930s in the industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire. His depictions of social injustice and rising unemployment, the dangerous working conditions in the mines amid general squalor and hunger also bring together many of the ideas to explored in his later works and novels.
Simon Callow's remarkable narration brings out the many layers of Orwell's fable. . . Brilliant'
Nineteen Eighty-Four is given fresh life through this vigorous narration
