{"product_id":"the-ragged-trousered-philanthropists-the-1914-social-activism-classic-annotated-robert-tressell-moncreiffe-press","title":"The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Moncreiffe Classics), Robert Tressell","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnnotated Content\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition has been annotated with the following unique content:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e * Author biography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“All through the summer the crowd of ragged-trousered philanthropists continued to toil and sweat at their noble and unselfish task of making money for Mr Rushton.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is a novel by Irish author and house painter Robert Tressell, a pen name for Robert Noonan, first published in 1914. Semi-autobiographical, and based on his own experiences of poverty and exploitation, it tells the story of house painter Frank Owen’s struggles to find work in the fictional town of Mugsborough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an attack on the innate greed and dishonesty of the capitalist system, Owen inducts his fellow work mates into the secrets of the ‘Great Money Trick’. A classic novel of working-class life, and an impassioned indictment of selfish capitalism, makes for a powerful, absorbing literary classic, and an unmissable read.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently published","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61143223894350,"sku":"9798834820826","price":6.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0842\/6546\/8238\/files\/9798834820826.jpg?v=1791551764","url":"https:\/\/littlelanebookshop.com\/products\/the-ragged-trousered-philanthropists-the-1914-social-activism-classic-annotated-robert-tressell-moncreiffe-press","provider":"Little Lane Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}