
The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists
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Narrated by:
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George Galloway
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By:
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Robert Tressell
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The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists chronicles the tale of Frank Owen, a traveling socialist visionary making his way from town to town in the name of the socialist revolution. When spring arrives, Frank Owen decides to settle in the quiet town of Mugsborough, and joins a group of workmen who are painting the home of a wealthy neighborhood resident. Owen is quickly befriended by two fellow workmen: Bodgit and Scarpy. Scarpy is thin and nearly emaciated. When the men break for lunch Scarpy never has much to eat; only a bit of bread, or a biscuit and tea. Owen inquires as to why he's so thin and undernourished. Bodgit explains that his pay has been severely cut, and he barely has enough to feed his wife and three growing children at home.
Public Domain (P)2016 Jay StewartRead with conviction
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Truly a masterpiece of ingenuity and a brilliant and lucid depiction of the struggles and (self inflicted) ignorance of the working man.
I think this book should be on the reading list of every 1st year university student.
A triumph of political and social 'noire'.
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Who better to narrate than George Galloway
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I really can't get on with George Galloway's narration though - and it's nothing to do with his event! He delivers this without punctuation, blending one sentence into the next without even a breath. There's no clarity as to when someone starts or ends talking, or when he's reading narration, and by chapter 5 I can't continue due to this, and the constant mistakes, which in places make what he's saying incomprehensible. This version is going back for a refund, but I'm going to get the other unabridged version which is read by someone else completely. By the way, don't even think of an abridged version of this book. I believe you'll miss far too much to take in all that Tressell had to say.
There is one good thing about Galloway (in this recording at least, anything else I'll leave for your own judgement) which is his preface. He gives a nice bit of background to the boom and the author, and explains how it shaped his political ideas from an early age.
Galloway spoils an otherwise great book.
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Highly recommended reading
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The narration is repetitive in parts where it hasn't been edited properly, but a decent listen.
Topical in today's economic disarray
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A prescient reminder of what was and may be again
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Great story but terrible editing and a bad narrator
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Historically correct in what it is thought to have been like back at the turn of the last century and the subtle humour throughout is not easily missed.
I will be buying this book in paper format and will treasure it as one of my top ten of all time.
Excellent book
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