The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
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"The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" by Robert Tressell is a semi-autobiographical novel published in 1914. Set in a fictional English town, it follows house painters struggling to survive on poverty wages while their labor generates profit for employers. The title ironically refers to workers who accept their own exploitation. Through debates and the famous "Great Money Trick" demonstration, socialist painter Frank Owen tries to awaken his fellow workers to capitalism's inequities. A scathing
critique of Edwardian society, it became a classic of working-class literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Tressell, Robert, 1870-1911 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ragged-Trousered_Philanthropists |
| Credits | Iain Tatch |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Working class -- Fiction |
| Subject | England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Political fiction |
| Subject | Social classes -- Fiction |
| Subject | Capitalism -- Fiction |
| Subject | Socialists -- Fiction |
| Subject | Working class families -- Fiction |
| Subject | Labor movement -- Fiction |
| Subject | Social conflict -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 3608 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 2003 |
| Last Update | May 5, 2023 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1280 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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