Robert Tressell

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is a classic representation of the impoverished and politically powerless underclass of British society in Edwardian England, ruthlessly exploited by the institutionalized corruption of their employers and the civic and religious authorities. Epic in scale, the novel charts the ruinous effects of the...

pubOne.info present you this new edition. In writing this book my intention was to present, in the form of an interesting story, a faithful picture of working-class life- more especially of those engaged in the Building trades- in a small town in the south of England....