When Orwell went to the north of England in the thirties to find out how industrial workers lived, he not only observed but shared in their experience. He stayed in cramped lodgings and subsisted on the scant diet of the poor. He went down into the coal mines and watched the back-breaking labor of men whose net pay averaged $575 a year. And he knew the unemployed, those who had been out of work for so long they had sunk beyond despair. In this searing account, Orwell asks himself why socialismwhich he felt could conserve ...
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When Orwell went to the north of England in the thirties to find out how industrial workers lived, he not only observed but shared in their experience. He stayed in cramped lodgings and subsisted on the scant diet of the poor. He went down into the coal mines and watched the back-breaking labor of men whose net pay averaged $575 a year. And he knew the unemployed, those who had been out of work for so long they had sunk beyond despair. In this searing account, Orwell asks himself why socialismwhich he felt could conserve human values from the ravages of industrialismhad so little appeal. His answer was a harsh critique of the socialism and socialists of his time.
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My first non-fiction book of Orwell. Excellent writing. Covers the backbreaking work of coal mining in the 30's. Bought 4 others that I'm reading now. His biting criticisms are accurate, full of detail and true today in new contexts.
