The ragged trousered philanthropists

By Robert Tressell

Subjects: Socialists, Socialism, England, fiction, Social conflict, Working class, Fiction, political, Capitalism, Working class families, Social classes, Fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Social conditions, Classic Literature, Labor movement

Description: 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.