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The Road to Wigan Pier

By: George Orwell
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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Part social reportage, part socialist polemic, The Road to Wigan Pier sets out a hellish vision of a broken Britain before delivering a meditation on how we can create a more egalitarian society. 

Having travelled to the industrial north of England on assignment from his editor, Orwell's confronting, stark descriptions of the social injustice, cramped slum housing, squalor, hunger and growing unemployment he encounters are written with unblinking honesty, anger and humanity. 

The Road to Wigan Pier remains a powerful portrait of poverty, injustice and the strive for a fairer society.
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Orwellian Take on Poverty

This is a damning portrayal of British society and its uncaring attitude to those on the margins during Orwell's lifetime. It's unflinching and excellently written and narrated.

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