Robert Tressell

Robert Noonan, born Robert Croker and best known by the pen name Robert Tressell, was an Irish writer best known for his novel The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists.

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Genres:Politics, Historical Fiction, Philosophy

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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

by Robert Tressell

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Politics

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In an Edwardian English town, a house painter's relentless socialist arguments expose the self-defeating 'philanthropy' of his working-class colleagues who unknowingly perpetuate their own exploitation.