A review by eddiesshelf
The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell

3.0

This book starts very strong with the descriptions of the lives of miners in what are now the run down and neglected parts of England. The middle is an interesting bit of self reflection on George's own life and how he came to view class, empire, Socialism in the way that he did. And then by the end it gets a bit trite with him talking grandiosely about what is and isn't possible (amongst other things), from his own perspective but acting as if it is a universal truth. This is even pre-television so I can't hold it against him too, but it doesn't hold up so well compared to the rest of the book. The first half, with the miners, was excellent.