Orwell then examines the lives of the coal miners who dominate the area. He describes this depressing scene as very common for the area. One of his roommates works at the local coal pit, and the other was injured on the job and is living off a small pension he was awarded as a result. He shares a room with two other lodgers and must sleep with his legs curled up or else he kicks one of the other occupants. The book opens with Orwell describing the lodgings he’s obtained in the home of the Brooker family, slightly affluent members of the community. Orwell had been commissioned to write about the economic and social struggles of northern England by publisher and socialist Victor Gollancz, and spent three months living in the area as research for the book. The Road to Wigan Pier is a historical autobiography by George Orwell, published in 1937.
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