The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

Robert Tressell

649 pages first pub 1914 (editions)

fiction classics politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Tressell's novel is about survival on the underside of the Edwardian Twilight, about exploitative employment when the only safety nets are charity, workhouse, and grave. Following the fortunes of a group of painters and decorators and their famili...

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