The ragged trousered philanthropists
Rickard, Sophie2020
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Robert Tressell's groundbreaking socialist novel 'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' tells the story of a group of working men in the fictional town of Mugsborough, and socialist journeyman-prophet Frank Owen who attempts to convince his fellow workers that capitalism is the real source of the poverty all around them. Owen's spirited attacks on the greed and dishonesty of the capitalist system, and support for a socialist society in which work is performed to satisfy the needs of all, rather than to generate profit for a few, eventually rouses his fellow men from their political passivity.
Main title:
The ragged trousered philanthropists / R. Tressell ; adapted by S. & S. Rickard ; gently edited by David Hine.
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Imprint:
London : SelfMadeHero, 2020.
Collation:
351 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
Variant title:
Cover title: Robert Tressell's The ragged trousered philanthropists
Notes:
"Original author Robert Tressell, text adapted by Sophie Rickard, drawn by Scarlett Rickard"--Colophon.
ISBN:
9781910593929 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1138977
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