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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists By Robert Tressell

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell


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Summary

Tells the story of a group of working men who are joined one day by Frank Owen, a journeyman-prophet with a vision of a just society.

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Summary

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell

'A wonderful book' George Orwell

Robert Tressell's spirited attack on selfish capitalism is a masterpiece of wit and political passion and one of the most authentic novels of English working class life ever written.

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists tells the story of a group of working men who are joined one day by Frank Owen, a journeyman-prophet with a vision of a just society. Indicting the 'philanthropy' of the working class, who toil solely for the benefit of their masters, and initiating them into the secrets of the 'Great Money Trick' which alienates them from their labour, Owen's attacks on the greed and dishonesty of the capitalist system rouse his fellow men from their political quietism.

With an Introduction by Tristram Hunt

'Some books seem to batter their way to immortality against all odds, by sheer brute artistic strength, and high up in this curious and honourable company must be counted The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. Robert Tressell's unfailing humour mixes with an unfailing rage and the two together make a truly Swiftian impact'
Evening Standard

'A brilliant and very funny book'
Spectator

'The first great English novel about the class war ... witty, humourous, instinctive and full of excitement, harmony and pathos'
Alan Sillitoe

About Robert Tressell

Robert Tressell is the pseudonym of Robert Noonan, an Irish housepainter who came to England from South Africa in 1900. He settled in Hastings, where he worked as a signwriter for various building firms. Tressell never lived to see his book in print; he died of tuberculosis in 1911, aged forty.

Additional information

GOR010144306
9780141187693
B0092JINJK
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
20040805
784
N/A
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