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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

by Robert Tressell

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Author
Tressell, Robert, 1870-1911
Credits
Iain Tatch
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Social conflict -- Fiction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
3608
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3608
Release Date
January 1, 2003
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists — by Robert Tressell
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.Preface
  4. 4.Chapter 1 An Imperial Banquet. A Philosophical Discussion. The Mysterious Stranger. Britons Never shall be Slaves — “GREAT DISTRESS IN MUGSBOROUGH. HUNDREDS OUT OF EMPLOYMENT. WORK OF THE CHARITY SOCIETY. 789 CASES ON THE BOOKS. — “THE SUFFERING POOR
  5. 5.Chapter 2 Nimrod: a Mighty Hunter before the Lord — RUSHTON & CO. MUGSBOROUGH ———— Builders, Decorators, and General Contractors FUNERALS FURNISHED Estimates given for General Repairs to House Property First-class Work only at Moderate Charges
  6. 6.Chapter 3 The Financiers
  7. 7.Chapter 4 The Placard — TERRIBLE DOMESTIC TRAGEDY DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE
  8. 8.Chapter 5 The Clock-case
  9. 9.Chapter 6 It is not My Crime — TERRIBLE DOMESTIC TRAGEDY Wife And Two Children Killed Suicide of the Murderer
  10. 10.Chapter 7 The Exterminating Machines
  11. 11.Chapter 8 The Cap on the Stairs
  12. 12.Chapter 9 Who is to Pay?
  13. 13.Chapter 10 The Long Hill
  14. 14.Chapter 11 Hands and Brains
  15. 15.Chapter 12 The Letting of the Room
  16. 16.Chapter 13 Penal Servitude and Death
  17. 17.Chapter 14 Three Children. The Wages of Intelligence
  18. 18.Chapter 15 The Undeserving Persons and the Upper and Nether Millstones
  19. 19.Chapter 16 True Freedom
  20. 20.Chapter 17 The Rev. John Starr
  21. 21.Chapter 18 The Lodger
  22. 22.Chapter 19 The Filling of the Tank
  23. 23.Chapter 20 The Forty Thieves. The Battle: Brigands versus Bandits
  24. 24.Chapter 21 The Reign of Terror. The Great Money Trick
  25. 25.Chapter 22 The Phrenologist
  26. 26.Chapter 23 The “Open-air” — “Be not deceived: God is not mocked!”
  27. 27.Chapter 24 Ruth
  28. 28.Chapter 25 The Oblong
  29. 29.Chapter 26 The Slaughter
  30. 30.Chapter 27 The March of the Imperialists
  31. 31.Chapter 28 The Week before Christmas
  32. 32.Chapter 29 The Pandorama
  33. 33.Chapter 30 The Brigands hold a Council of War
  34. 34.Chapter 31 The Deserter
  35. 35.Chapter 32 The Veteran
  36. 36.Chapter 33 The Soldier’s Children
  37. 37.Chapter 34 The Beginning of the End
  38. 38.Chapter 35 Facing the “Problem”
  39. 39.Chapter 36 The O.B.S.
  40. 40.Chapter 37 A Brilliant Epigram
  41. 41.Chapter 38 The Brigands’ Cave
  42. 42.Chapter 39 The Brigands at Work
  43. 43.Chapter 40 Vive la System!
  44. 44.Chapter 41 The Easter Offering. The Beano Meeting
  45. 45.Chapter 42 June
  46. 46.Chapter 43 The Good Old Summer-time — “MACARONI’S ROYAL ITALIAN CAFE”
  47. 47.Chapter 44 The Beano
  48. 48.Chapter 45 The Great Oration
  49. 49.Chapter 46 The “Sixty-five”
  50. 50.Chapter 47 The Ghouls — JOSEPH PHILPOT Died September 1st 19— Aged 56 years. — J.L. Aged 67
  51. 51.Chapter 48 The Wise men of the East
  52. 52.Chapter 49 The Undesired
  53. 53.Chapter 50 Sundered
  54. 54.Chapter 51 The Widow’s Son
  55. 55.Chapter 52 “It’s a Far, Far Better Thing that I do, than I have Ever Done”
  56. 56.Chapter 53 Barrington Finds a Situation
  57. 57.Chapter 54 The End
  58. 58.Appendix — Mugsborough

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