The Road to Wigan Pier

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"At one time on one of the little muddy canals that run round the town, there used to be a tumble-down wooden jetty; and by way of a joke someone nicknamed this Wigan Pier. ...to judge from the photographs it must have been about twenty feet long. ...I made a journey specially to see it in 1936, and I couldn't find it. ...I am afraid I must tell you that Wigan Pier doesn't exist. ...the place itself had been demolished."

~ George Orwell in a BBC radio broadcast, 2 December 1943 [1]

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The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell (1937)

• • Quotes from Part 1 (Chapters 1 to 7)

• • Quotes from Part 2 (Chapters 8 to 13)

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See also

George Orwell (main Wikiquote page)

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External links

• Wikipedia, about this book

• The Road to Wigan Pier - Searchable, indexed etext.
• The Road to Wigan Pier Complete book with publication data and search feature.
• Orwell answers a question about Wigan Pier Excerpt from a broadcast of the BBC's Overseas Service.