The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

  1. 632 pages
  2. English
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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

About this book

This is the story of a group of working-class men whose ranks one day are joined by Owen, a modern-day prophet who brings with him a vision of an ideal society. Owen's vehement assaults on the greed and mendacity of the corrupt system of capitalism galvanize his compatriots into relinquishing their political disinterest. 'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' is both a masterful work of wit and political vehemence, and is hailed as one of the most authentic portrayals of English working class life that has ever been written. Robert Tressell (1870 – 1911) was an Irish author most remembered for writing this book. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly hard-to-come-by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

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Information

Publisher
Hildreth Press
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781408633854
eBook ISBN
9781446547694
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. I. An Imperial Banquet
  6. II. Nimrod: A Mighty Hunter Before the Lord
  7. III. The Financiers
  8. IV. The Placard
  9. V. Owen at Home
  10. VI. The Exterminating Machines
  11. VII. The Cap on the Stairs
  12. VIII. The Long Hill
  13. IX. Hands and Brains
  14. X. The Upper and Nether Millstones
  15. XI. The Thorough Man
  16. XII. Sunday School
  17. XIII. The Lodger
  18. XIV. The ‘Cricketers’ Arms’
  19. XV. The Great Money Trick
  20. XVI. The Reign of Terror
  21. XVII. The ‘Open Air’
  22. XVIII. Ruth
  23. XIX. The Oblong
  24. XX. The Slaughter
  25. XXI. Christmas Eve
  26. XXII. The ‘Pandoramer’
  27. XXIII. The Brigands
  28. XXIV. The Veteran
  29. XXV. The New Tenants
  30. XXVI. The Brigand’s Cave
  31. XXVII. The Brigands at Work
  32. XXVIII. The Beano Meeting
  33. XXIX. The Socialist Van
  34. XXX. The Beano
  35. XXXI. The Great Oration
  36. XXXII. The ‘Sixty Five’
  37. XXXIII. The Ghouls
  38. XXXIV. The Wise Men of the East
  39. XXXV. The Widow’s Son
  40. XXXVI. The End