George Orwell: The Road to Wigan Pier

Cover: 9780156767507 | Road to Wigan Pier | George Orwell | Taschenbuch | Paperback

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Before he authored the dystopian 1984 and the allegorical Animal Farm, George Orwell was a journalist, reporting on England's working class ? an investigation that led him to examine democratic socialism. In the 1930s, the Left Book Club, a socialist group in England, sent George Orwell to investigate the poverty and mass unemployment in the industrial north of England. Once there, he went beyond the requests of the book club, to investigate the employed as well. Orwell chose to live as the coal miners did ? sleeping in foul lodgings, subsisting on a meager diet, struggling to feed a family on a dismal wage, and going down into the hellish, backbreaking mines. What Orwell saw clarified his feelings about socialism, and in The Road to Wigan Pier, he pointedly tells why socialism, the only remedy to the shocking conditions he had witnessed, repelled "so many normal decent people." "Orwell's code was a simple one, based on truth and 'deceny'; he was important ? and original ? because he insisted on applying that code to his own Socialist comrades as well as to the class enemy...It is the best sociological reporting I know."?The New Yorker

Über den Autor

George Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair in 1903, was a renowned British writer and journalist whose profound insights into politics and society have left a lasting impact. His influential works, including 1984 and Animal Farm, explore themes of totalitarianism, social injustice, and the corruption of power. Orwell's sharp prose and critical perspectives have earned him a place as one of the 20th century's most significant literary voices. His keen observations and commitment to truth continue to resonate with readers, making him a pivotal figure in both literature and political thought.

Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geschichte
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780156767507
ISBN-10:	0156767503
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Orwell, George
Hersteller:	HarperCollins
Maße:	203 x 133 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	George Orwell
Gewicht:	0,327 kg

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