The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS

• Publishing Company:

  SELFMADEHERO

• Imprint:

• Format:

  ONE SHOT

• Creator(s):

  SOPHIE RICKARD (WRITER)

  SCARLETT RICKARD (ARTIST)

• Number of Pages:

  352

• Cover price:

  £ 18.99

• Publication Date:

  September 2020

• Age:

• Fiction/Non-Fiction

  FICTION

• Key words:

  LITERARY ADAPTATION,

• Summary:

  KEY NOTE
  Adapted from Robert Tressell’s 1914 socialist novel about English working-class life, this is a compelling picture of socio-economic life in early 20th century Britain, still as acutely relevant today.
  BOOK DESCRIPTION
  Robert Tressell’s groundbreaking socialist novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists tells the story of a group of working men in the fictional town of Mugsborough, and socialist journeyman-prophet Frank Owen who attempts to convince his fellow workers that capitalism is the real source of the poverty all around them. Owen’s spirited attacks on the greed and dishonesty of the capitalist system, and support for a socialist society in which work is performed to satisfy the needs of all, rather than to generate profit for a few, eventually rouses his fellow men from their political passivity. Described by George Orwell as a piece of social history and a book that everyone should read, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is often cited as ‘one of the most authentic novels of English working class life ever written’. In this faithful graphic adaptation, creators Scarlett and Sophie Rickard craft a compelling fiction that paints a comprehensive picture of social, political, economic and cultural life in early 20th Century Britain that is still acutely relevant today.