The Road to Wigan Pier
George Orwell
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Read by Jeremy Northam, Orwell’s ever topical and powerful account of poverty, injustice and class division in Britain.
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.
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George Orwell
George Orwell (1903-50), real name Eric Arthur Blair, was an English author and journalist, famed for his satirical wit and socio-political perspective. Many of his famous books are also available on audio read by some of Britain’s best-loved actors including Simon Callow, Jeremy Northam and Richard E. Grant.