The Road to Wigan Pier
by George Orwell
Offering an unshakable look at unemployment and life among the working classes in England during the Great Depression, "Road to Wigan Pier" offers an in-depth study of the socio-economic conditions in coal mining communities in England's industrial areas, including a detailed analysis of workers' wages, living conditions and the working environment. Orwell was deeply moved by his experience while researching "The Road to Wigan Pier" and contradicts his own comfortable middle-class upbringing; His reactions to working and living conditions and his thoughts on how to develop under socialism are described in detail in the second half of the book.
