Purinton 1 Zachary W. Purinton 20th Century European History October 31st, 2000 Britain in the Thirties The book, The Road to Wigan Pier, by George Orwell depicts the life of miners in 1930s Britain. The 1930s in Britain were rough unless you were part of the upper class. The miners and others of that stature were suppressed, by taxes, by other classes, by just about anyone and anything you can possibly think of. It has a very …showed first 75 words of 1022 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1022 total…Book Club had every human right to form and do all the work that they did. Gollancz, Laski, and Strachey felt that the situation in 1930s Britain needed to be attended to and that is what they did. Their hard work did not go unnoticed. Many authors wrote books and articles for them and helped to spread the news. Socialism grew by leaps and bounds during the time that the Left Book Club was around.