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The road to Wigan Pier - George Orwell

Orwell's examinations of the conditions for the working class in the north of England prior to World War Two and how he became a socialist.

Submitted by flaneur on January 24, 2013
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  • 1930s
  • United Kingdom
  • George Orwell
  • Yorkshire
  • work life
  • work
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  • Lancashire
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