The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

Robert Tressell; Lionel Kelly (Intro and Notes by); Keith Carabine (Contribution by); Tony Benn (Foreword by)

The scenery of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressel is laid in a fictional English town Mugsborough. The book shows a detailed picture of a social, economic, and cultural life of a British society of the twentieth century. The novel has a sharp political orientation as well, it bitterl...