PART ONE 1 T HE first sound in the mornings was the clumping of the mill-girls’ clogs down the cobbled street. Publisher's Summary. The Road to Wigan Pier Essay. PART ONE 1 T HE first sound in the mornings was the clumping of the mill-girls’ clogs down the cobbled street. The road to Wigan Pier, 75 years on David Sharrock retraces George Orwell's journey that laid bare Britain's north-south divide, and finds a growing sense of hard times here again Born Eric Blair in India in 1903, George Orwell was educated as a scholarship student at prestigious boarding schools in England. George Orwell’s criticisms of socialism in his book, The Road to Wigan Pier, present the compelling argument that socialism is almost an impossible concept to acknowledge, at least in the context of England. Earlier than that, I suppose, there were factory whistles which I was never awake to hear. CONTENTS CONTENTS Title: The Road to Wigan Pier Author: George Orwell It is a pleasure to acknowledge that the text of this eBook was provided, free of charge, by