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In the 1930s Orwell was sent by a socialist book club to investigate the appalling mass unemployment in the industrial north of England. He went beyond his assignment to investigate the employed as well-”to see the most typical section of the English working class.” Foreword by Victor Gollancz.

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About the Author

GEORGE ORWELL (1903-1950) was born in India and served with the Imperial Police in Burma before joining the Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. Orwell was the author of six novels as well as numerous essays and nonfiction works.
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ISBN:
9780156767507
Other:
Orwell, George
Publisher:
Mariner Books
Author:
Orwell, George
Location:
San Diego :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Great britain
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Minority Studies
Subject:
Communism & Socialism
Subject:
Social conditions
Subject:
Labor and laboring classes
Subject:
Unemployment
Subject:
Socialism
Subject:
Working class
Subject:
Minority Studies - General
Subject:
Europe - Great Britain - General
Subject:
Poverty
Subject:
Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism
Subject:
Great Britain Social conditions.
Subject:
World History-England General
Copyright:
1958
Edition Number:
1st American ed.
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Series Volume:
184
Publication Date:
19721031
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
264
Dimensions:
8 x 5.31 in 0.53 lb
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