wigan pier
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John Welford
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• Leicester, England
20 Dec 18
George Orwell (real name Eric Blair, 1903-50) is best known for two classic works, namely Animal Farm and 1984. However, he wrote a great deal more than those two books, producing both fiction and social commentary. His 1937 book...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
14 Sep 15
Wigan Pier used to be so hard to locate that many people living outside Wigan wondered if Orwell had made it up in his famous study of homelessness, The Road To Wigan Pier. It is a real place, actually a former Leeds & Liverpool...
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