Notable vignettes from this book include the author's disgust when the proprietor of his boardinghouse empties a chamberpot with his fingers on the inside of the rim.
Notable vignettes from this book include the author's disgust when the proprietor of his boardinghouse empties a chamberpot with his fingers on the inside of the rim. This book compares the view that the modern economy has made the population soft by supplying material comfort to "solemnly sitting down to eat your dinner with stone implements," an argument that was repeated by John Holbo in his essay on Donner Party Conservatism. In the earliest known instance of concern-trolling, the author lambasts his political associates for supporting ancillary causes like vegetarianism and family planning and announces that no member of the (*) working class could possibly be convinced by self-styled socialists who do ridiculous things like go hiking, commentary that was explicitly disowned by this book's publisher Victor Gollancz in a message to the Left Book Club. For 10 points, name this two-part book: an extended investigation into the condition of the working class in Northern England followed by controversial rumination over the political failure of socialism, by George Orwell.
Notable vignettes from this book include the author's disgust when the proprietor of his boardinghouse empties a chamberpot with his fingers on the inside of the rim.
The {Road to Wigan Pier}