The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
$40.22
- Paperback
784 pages
- Release Date
25 October 2004
Summary
With a new introduction by Tristram Hunt
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists tells the story of a group of working men who are joined one day by Owen, a journeyman-prophet with a vision of a just society. Owen’s spirited attacks on the greed and dishonesty of the capitalist system rouse his fellow men from their political quietism. A masterpiece of wit and political passion and one of the most authentic novels of English working class life ever written.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141187693 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141187697 |
| Author: | Robert Tressell, Tristram Hunt |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 784 |
| Release Date: | 25 October 2004 |
| Weight: | 538g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 35mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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About The Author
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.
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