Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1974. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrated paperback binding with back and grey coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the back strip. The author's journalism, as he made deliberate contact with the working class in England in the 1930s. What he writes " .... factual, shocking but sublimely human reports, phased in a vivid Stalin shot with a wary mistrust of the political can of the intelligentsia of all hues, makes Orwell's contemporary comment on the minor's life, on class, on slums, unemployment, and malnutrition 'as fashion as stimulating as when he first wrote'Â– the Daily Telegraph." Â– from the rear panel blurb. Rubbing of the book edges and panels with a little yellowing of the white coloured background. Light tanning of the text block edges and pages. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 203, [5 of which two are further titles from publishing house] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sociology & Culture; Journalism; Britain; 1930s; ISBN: 0140017003. ISBN/EAN: 9780140017007. Inventory No: 0290052. . 9780140017007

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The Road to Wigan Pier was written by George Orwell and published in 1937. The first half of this work documents his sociological investigations of the bleak living conditions amongst the working class in Lancashire and Yorkshire in the industrial north of England before World War II. The second half is a long essay of his middle-class upbringing, and the development of his political conscience, which includes a questioning of some aspects of British attitudes and behaviour regarding socialism.

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0290052
Title: The Road to Wigan Pier
Author: Orwell, George
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Condition
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0140017003
ISBN 13: 9780140017007
Publisher: Penguin Books
Place of Publication: Harmondsworth, Middlesex
Date Published: 1974
Keywords: BZDB2 George Orwell, Journalism, sociology, mass unemployment, 1930s Sociology & Culture; Journalism; Britain; 1930s; Unbranded ISBN: 0140017003 EAN: 9780140017007 Orwell, George The Road to Wigan Pier
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Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Blurb: The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case of a...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...