![]() In England especially, class doesn't wash off easily the business about accents, for instance, is still an issue today. But in another way his ideas are based on himself class is as much about origins as it is about income. Orwell's arguments are partly based on his direct experiences of people suffering under the effects of industrialized capitalism. The second half of the book is a challenging, self-referential meditation on socialism. The chapter on coal-mining has a visceral heft, and the chapter on housing conditions in towns like Wigan is horrifying. The first half is the more gripping from a narrative point of view - Orwell provides detailed, first-hand accounts of what life is like in the industrial north in the 1930s (a depressing decade). It's a book that mainly only Orwell scholars read regularly these days, but I've found it to be an incredibly satisfying read. ![]() George Orwell published The Road to Wigan Pier in 1936, shortly before he went to Spain to fight for the Republican cause. ![]()
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