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.The Road to Wigan Pier (Penguin Modern Classics) by: George Orwell April 26, 2001 Born and bred in Wigan.I had read 1984 and Animal Farm but had put off reading TRTWP until I was 50. Orwell writes of the hopelessness of the masses and concludes that they accept their lot because of the "palliatives" of modern technology i.e.cheap clothing (dream of being Greta Garbo or Clark Gable) , alcohol,the movies, radio, the football pools etc. The government massage and manipulate statistics to show unemployment levels and poverty to be a fraction as bad as they really are. The middle-class believed that the poor should be instructed to spend their means tested allowance wisely eating tasteless but healthy food,wholemeal bread,oranges,raw carrots etc and to shun alcohol and tobacco etc. Tell me as anything ... Read More: >>See More Reviews & Details on The Road to Wigan Pier (Penguin Modern Classics) |
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