In 1936, on the task of socialistic book club, Оруэлл sets forth for the industrial depths of Yorkshire and Lancashire in an order in place to become familiar with matter-position on miner's north of England. A story became the result of this journey "Road on Wigan-pier", telling about the superhuman terms of life and work of miners. With striking meticulousness Оруэлл not only studied and described nightmarish labour in coalfaces and terrible housing terms of workers, but also made an effort understand and give explanation, why, for example, an unemployed poor man prefers to buy a white loaf and candies instead of green goods and useful grey bread. In the end this book resulted in the break of author with a progressive publisher. Socialism about that there Оруэлл interprets hot offended a true believer western socialist mockeries above the theory of marxism and practice of сталинизма, as оруэлловский socialism - it simply humaneness and nothing other.