The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
1914
First Published
4.04
Average Rating
502
Number of Pages
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
Avg Rating
4.04
Number of Ratings
10,341
5 STARS
41%
4 STARS
33%
3 STARS
18%
2 STARS
6%
1 STARS
3%
goodreads
Author
Robert Tressell
Author · 1 book
Robert Tressell (pen name used by Robert Noonan; April 17, 1870—February 3, 1911) was an Irish-British writer best known for his novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists.
