The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

Robert Tressell
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An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. 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. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is both a masterpiece of wit and political passion and one of the most authentic novels of English working class life ever written.
Genres: FictionClassicsPoliticsHistorical FictionPhilosophyNovelsLiterature20th CenturyHistoricalBritish Literature
590 Pages

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