The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell, Peter Miles

This novel 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.

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The 862nd greatest fiction book of all time


This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 62nd on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
  2. - 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)

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Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Wordsworth Classics) Paperback 326807 $2.86 $0.79 2012
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