# The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

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- Authors: [Robert Tressell](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-tressell)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4190-784-0
- Published: 2004-08-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## 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.