{"product_id":"the-road-to-wigan-pier-9789390575138","title":"The Road To Wigan Pier","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt is only when you meet someone of a different culture from yourself that you begin to realize what your own beliefs really are.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Road to Wigan Pier is George Orwell's 1937 study of poverty and working-class life in northern England. It is the book which established Orwell as among Britain's foremost political and social commentators. It is, moreover, essential for any reader who wishes to gain a deeper understanding of Orwell's life, work and legacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis non-fiction work set the tone for Orwell's subsequent career, by focusing on class relations within Britain and political solutions to social problems. \u003cem\u003eThe Road to Wigan Pier\u003c\/em\u003e has remained widely read since his death, running to several editions, and providing a point of comparison for later social and political commentaries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Orwell \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSelina Todd, Professor of Modern History at St Hilda's, Oxford, is the author of \u003cem\u003eYoung women, work, and family in England, 1918-1950\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford, 2005) (winner of the Women's History Network annual book prize), \u003cem\u003eThe People: the rise and fall of the working class, 1910-2010\u003c\/em\u003e (John Murray, 2014) and \u003cem\u003eTastes\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eof Honey: The Making of Shelagh Delaney and a Cultural Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e (Vintage, 2019).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sanage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50444955877650,"sku":"9789390575138","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d8d44fe8-6615-4bef-884c-ac909f1c0607.jpg?v=1729693133","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-road-to-wigan-pier-9789390575138","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}