Some notes on Robert Tressell which may prove helpful in some kind of introduction to the German edition of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. Robert Tressell was writing at a time – the early ...

Plans are underway to commemorate the life and work of working class writer Robert Tressell with a march set to take place through Liverpool to his grave in Walton Park Cemetery. The event on Sunday, ...

The novel, “The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists” was written between 1906 and 1909. Abridged versions were issued in 1914 and 1918 but the full book was not published until 1955. As the attached ...

Scarlett and Sophie Rickard are adapting Robert Tressell's classic novel, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists as a graphic novel, being published by SelfMadeHero. Originally published after his death ...

Readers who are sympathetic with Reg Johnson's efforts to keep the memory of Robert Tressell alive (The Argus, August 27) may be interested to know that the Robert Tressell Group in Hastings has held ...

Madam, – Hugh Oram’s Irishman’s Diary on Robert Tressell’s novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (August 20th) was both… Madam, – Hugh Oram’s Irishman’s Diary on Robert Tressell’s novel The ...

A 1914 novel that inspired socialist activism is being celebrated on the centenary of its publication. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, by Robert Tressell, follows the struggles of 20 decorators ...

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