Tressell, Robert. 1870-1911
The ragged trousered philanthropists / Robert Tressell; with a foreword by Tony Benn and with an introduction by Lionel Kelly. - Ware, Hertfordshire : Wordsworth Classics, c2012. - 619 pages :
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: 1 An imperial banquet. A philosophical discussion. The mysterious stranger. Britons never shall be slaves. -- 2 Nimrod: A mighty hunter before the lord -- 3 The financiers -- 4 The placard -- 5 The clock case -- 6 It is not my crime -- 7 The exterminating machines -- 8 The cap on the stairs -- 9 Who is to pay? -- 10 The long hill -- 11 Hands and brains -- 12 The letting of the row -- 13 Penal servitude and death -- 14 Three children. The wages of intelligence -- 15 The undeserving persons and the upper and nether millstones -- 16 True freedom -- 17 The rev. John Starr -- 18 The lodger -- 19 The filling of the tank -- 20 The forty thieves. The battle: Brigands vs. Bandits -- 21 The reign of terror. the great money trick -- 22 The phrenologists -- 23 The open air -- 24 Ruth -- 25 The oblong -- 26 The slaughter -- 27 The march of imperialists -- 28 The week before Christmas -- 29 The Pandora -- 30 The brigands hold a council of war -- 31 The deserter -- 32 The veteran -- 33 The soldier's children -- 34 The beginning of the end -- 35 facing the 'problem' -- 36 The O.B.S -- 37 A brilliant epigram -- 38 The brigands' cave -- 39 The brigands at work -- 40 Vive la system -- 41 The Easter offering. The Beano meeting -- 42 June -- 43 The good all summer-time -- 44 The Beano -- 45 The great oration -- 46 The 'sixty-five' -- 47 The ghouls -- 48 The wise men of the east -- 49 The undesired -- 50 Sundered -- 51 The widow's son -- 52 'It's a far , far better thing that i do, than i have ever done' -- 53 Barrington finds a situation -- 54 The end.
English
9781840226829 [paperback]
Working class--England--Fiction
Socialism--Fiction.
The ragged trousered philanthropists / Robert Tressell; with a foreword by Tony Benn and with an introduction by Lionel Kelly. - Ware, Hertfordshire : Wordsworth Classics, c2012. - 619 pages :
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: 1 An imperial banquet. A philosophical discussion. The mysterious stranger. Britons never shall be slaves. -- 2 Nimrod: A mighty hunter before the lord -- 3 The financiers -- 4 The placard -- 5 The clock case -- 6 It is not my crime -- 7 The exterminating machines -- 8 The cap on the stairs -- 9 Who is to pay? -- 10 The long hill -- 11 Hands and brains -- 12 The letting of the row -- 13 Penal servitude and death -- 14 Three children. The wages of intelligence -- 15 The undeserving persons and the upper and nether millstones -- 16 True freedom -- 17 The rev. John Starr -- 18 The lodger -- 19 The filling of the tank -- 20 The forty thieves. The battle: Brigands vs. Bandits -- 21 The reign of terror. the great money trick -- 22 The phrenologists -- 23 The open air -- 24 Ruth -- 25 The oblong -- 26 The slaughter -- 27 The march of imperialists -- 28 The week before Christmas -- 29 The Pandora -- 30 The brigands hold a council of war -- 31 The deserter -- 32 The veteran -- 33 The soldier's children -- 34 The beginning of the end -- 35 facing the 'problem' -- 36 The O.B.S -- 37 A brilliant epigram -- 38 The brigands' cave -- 39 The brigands at work -- 40 Vive la system -- 41 The Easter offering. The Beano meeting -- 42 June -- 43 The good all summer-time -- 44 The Beano -- 45 The great oration -- 46 The 'sixty-five' -- 47 The ghouls -- 48 The wise men of the east -- 49 The undesired -- 50 Sundered -- 51 The widow's son -- 52 'It's a far , far better thing that i do, than i have ever done' -- 53 Barrington finds a situation -- 54 The end.
English
9781840226829 [paperback]
Working class--England--Fiction
Socialism--Fiction.