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The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists
Robert Tressell
The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists
Robert Tressell
The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists (1914) is a semi-biographical novel by the Irish house painter and sign writer Robert Noonan, who wrote the book in his spare time under the pen name Robert Tressell. Published after Tressell's death from tuberculosis in the Liverpool Royal Infirmary in 1911, the novel follows a house painter's efforts to find work in the fictional English town of Mugsborough (based on the coastal town of Hastings) to stave off the workhouse for himself, his wife and his son. The original title page, drawn by Tressell, carried the subtitle: "Being the story of twelve months in Hell, told by one of the damned, and written down by Robert Tressell.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | April 6, 2020 |
ISBN13 | 9798634547039 |
Publishers | Independently Published |
Pages | 464 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 26 mm · 675 g |
Language | English |
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