The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

Robert Tressell, Tristram Hunt

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Penguin
25 October 2004

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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.

By: Robert Tressell
Introduction by: Tristram Hunt
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 543g
ISBN: 9780141187693
ISBN 10: 0141187697
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 784
Publication Date: 25 October 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.