ORWELL, George.

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The Road to Wigan Pier. First edition of the classic study of poverty in the north of England, among Orwell's best-known and most articulate non-fiction works. The book was issued to members of Victor Gollancz's Left Book Club as the choice for March 1937, ensuring a large edition. Although Gollancz commissioned Orwell's study, the latter half of the book - in which Orwell condemns British socialist intellectuals and their adherence to the Soviet Union - dismayed Gollancz and the Left Book Club committee. Gollancz published the book in its entirety, but with his own preface taking issue with many of Orwell's claims.

• Printing: later

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