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The Road to Wigan Pier

The Road to Wigan Pier

The Road to Wigan Pier

George Orwell

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Benediction Books
Año de edición:
2010
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Pobreza y desempleo
ISBN:
9781849025911

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A non-fiction classic from Orwell. Part I documents his sociological investigations of the living conditions amongst the working class in Lancashire and Yorkshire in the industrial north of England in the 1930s. Part II covers his middle-class upbringing, the development of his political conscience, and a discussion of British attitudes towards socialism.

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