
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists: a literary exposure of The Great Money Trick of capitalism
Written by Jenny Farrell
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Fiction
Jenny Farrell discusses one of the great working class novels in English literature, a literary exposure of the 'Great Money Trick' - the exploitation inherent in capitalism. Robert Tressell’s The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is the first important working-class novel in English literature. It was written between 1906 and 1910 and…