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Review: The Road to Wigan PierUser Review - Melani - GoodreadsI think that Orwell probably knew that there was a lot of romance to the idea that he would be slipping secretly, undercover, into the lives of his country's poor. And yet, the book does not come ... Read full review Review: The Road to Wigan PierUser Review - Andrew - GoodreadsThis isn't Orwell's strongest book, but it remains strong. It's split into two distinct halves. The first and far stronger half is a journalistic report of conditions in the mill towns of Northern ... Read full review Related books
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