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Book · 1914 · Fiction

The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists

Robert Tressell
Wordsworth · 624 pages
★ 5.7 editorial score

The philanthropists of the title are house painters who give their labor away and defend the system that ruins them. Owen, the socialist, cuts up bread to demonstrate the money trick.

Genre
Political fictionSocial criticismRealism
Medium
Novel
Subject
Working classSocialismPovertyCapitalism
Setting
England (United Kingdom)
Time
1914Depicts 1900s

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