Robert Tressell

Content by or about Robert Noonan (17 April 1870 – 3 February 1911), born Robert Croker and best known by the pen name Robert Tressell, an Irish writer best known for his novel The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists.

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Some notes on Robert Tressell

Dave Walton (aka David Wise) on Robert Tressell, his novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists and the era it was written in.

“Ragged Trousered Philanthropists” – Notes for an event on Robert Tressell’s legacy

The novel, “The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists” was written between 1906 and 1909. Abridged…

Supplementary Thoughts on The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists and the Ongoing Great Money Trick

After 100 years of us failing to achieve the "Co-operative Commonwealth" the…

The ragged trousered philanthropists - Robert Tressell

A Marxist critique of society dressed up as a novel, Ragged Trousered Philanthrophists follows…

The great money trick - Robert Tressell

The passage from Robert Tressell's 'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' in which one of the characters cleverly outlines how the use of money…