The Road to Wigan Pier
About This Novel
Orwell is known as "the cold conscience of a generation". He always recorded the era in which he lived with keen insight and sharp writing. He was committed to safeguarding human freedom and dignity, exposing and flogging autocracy and totalitarianism, and made prophecies that transcended the times! If one more person watches Orwell, there will be an additional guarantee of freedom! The Road to Wigan Pier is a study of Orwell's "impossible to get around". In the book, the author inspects several industrial areas in northern England, summarizes his mental journey, his troubles in Myanmar and the reasons for choosing to wander. He puts forward practical suggestions for improving the conditions of workers and his understanding of British politics and class forms. It reflects the author's criticism of capitalism and fascism and his socialist tendency. After this book was first published in the United States in 1958, the New Yorker published an important review, calling it "the best sociological report".
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Official(3)Scraped 21d ago
Orwell's most characteristic motivations: his desire to experience situations from the inside rather than from a purely theoretical standpoint, his desire to eliminate the sense of social hierarchy and to fight for the oppressed and to be heartbroken by their suffering. He was excited about breaking out to the bottom. He reached the bottom and knew he could bear it. He had tasted the anxiety, relief and the joy of eliminating guilt one by one.
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This is a long story. I only read half of it seriously, and the rest was just a quick glance at the story.
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Official(3)Scraped 21d ago
Orwell's most characteristic motivations: his desire to experience situations from the inside rather than from a purely theoretical standpoint, his desire to eliminate the sense of social hierarchy and to fight for the oppressed and to be heartbroken by their suffering. He was excited about breaking out to the bottom. He reached the bottom and knew he could bear it. He had tasted the anxiety, relief and the joy of eliminating guilt one by one.
Save to read...
This is a long story. I only read half of it seriously, and the rest was just a quick glance at the story.
