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The Road to Wigan Pier
- Narrated by: Jeremy Northam
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
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Summary
A graphic and biting polemic that still holds a fierce political relevance and impact despite being written over half a century ago. First published in 1937 it charts George Orwell's observations of working-class life during the 1930s in the industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire. His depictions of social injustice and rising unemployment, the dangerous working conditions in the mines amid general squalor and hunger also bring together many of the ideas explored in his later works and novels.
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- Cheryl Hudson
- 19-03-16
A biting attack on socialists within a strong argument for socialism.
Much of the book is of historical interest only but it also contains many acute observations that remain relevant today. I laughed out loud in recognition at some of the descriptions.
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- AdamGR
- 07-05-18
Classic social commentary
Surprised how many things have not changed and how some have. At least the poverty is no where near as unbearable as it was then. The right and left still don't seem to have changed much though. The sandal wearing, upper class Corbyns were around then too.
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- Jay Carroll
- 02-06-20
Prescient book! Shame the lessons in it are yet to be learned.
Second half better than the first, so stick with it. Despite this boom being ~80 years old, it is the clearest thinking I’ve ever read on socialism and fascism.
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- anna
- 01-11-17
Interesting, captivating and engaging
I really enjoyed this audio book. It was performed brilliantly and the only reason I didn't give a perfect review is due to the story itself drying up a bit towards the end. A great read!
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- DM
- 25-04-19
Sticking it to the bearded juice drinkers
A rough-around-the-edges classic. This version is superbly read by Jeremy Northam who, to me, perfectly captures Orwell's tone: passionate, introspective, scathing, etc. It's just great.
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- Reverend Mike
- 17-12-17
Eye opening look in to the past.
Nothing much has changed in the years following this books publication. The poor are still downtrodden whilst the rich make their cash through arms sales to both sides. I cannot speak for England of course as I'm a proud Scottish man! Nationalism is on the rise again.
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- Charlie
- 27-03-24
Great but needs a few googles
Wonderfully read and obviously extremely insightful, I learned a lot from this book. However, due to Orwell spending a lot of time on the minutia of costs, salaries etc., it can be hard to know what he's on about at times, unless your particularly up on what two groats are equivalent to in 2024.
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- cutbillm
- 21-06-24
Sounds like a novel or possibly a documentary but isn’t.
Not what I expected! This starts as a book documenting working life in the North. However, it then moves into a discourse on politics focusing largely on socialism. It’s interesting socialism and fascism were seen as merely alternatives at the time as opposed to both being seen as extreme today. To say much more would get into “plot spoilers”
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- James2017
- 01-07-24
Superb
Great read. Timelessly funny and elegant with reflections anyone today would recognise. Brilliantly read and highly recommend
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- Mr. Ronald Wild
- 07-07-21
What an eye opener.
we read this many years back at school, but it lacked the punch it has now, as I lived in a house with no bathroom and a toilet down the yard. Looking at it from today's mollycoddled life style it is hard to believe that such squalid living conditions were the norm for my parents generation.
Next time someone speaks of 'White privilege', I've a mind to ram a copy of this book down their throat.
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