The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is a classic representation of the impoverished and politically powerless underclass of British society in Edwardian England, ruthlessly exploited by the institutionalized corruption of their employers and the...
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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is a classic representation of the impoverished and politically powerless underclass of British society in Edwardian England, ruthlessly exploited by the institutionalized corruption of their employers and the civic and religious authorities. Intro -- Foreword -- General Introduction -- Introduction -- Notes to the Introduction -- Note on the text -- Select Bibliography -- The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- An Imperial Banquet. A Philosophical Discussion. The Mysterious Stranger. Britons Never shall be Slaves. -- Chapter 2 -- Nimrod: A Mighty Hunter Before the Lord -- Chapter 3 -- The Financiers -- Chapter 4 -- The Placard -- Chapter 5 -- The Clock Case -- Chapter 6 -- It is not My Crime -- Chapter 7 -- The Exterminating Machines -- Chapter 8 -- The Cap on the Stairs -- Chapter 9 -- Who is to Pay? -- Chapter 10 -- The Long Hill -- Chapter 11 -- Hands and Brains -- Chapter 12 -- The Letting of the Room -- Chapter 13 -- Penal Servitude and Death -- Chapter 14 -- Three Children. The Wages of Intelligence -- Chapter 15 -- The Undeserving Persons and the Upper and Nether Millstones -- Chapter 16 -- True Freedom -- Chapter 17 -- The Rev. John Starr -- Chapter 18 -- The Lodger -- Chapter 19 -- The Filling of the Tank -- Chapter 20 -- The Forty Thieves. The Battle: Brigands versus Bandits -- Chapter 21 -- The Reign of Terror. [59] The Great MoneyTrick. -- Chapter 22 -- The Phrenologist -- Chapter 23 -- The 'Open Air' -- Chapter 24 -- Ruth -- Chapter 25 -- The Oblong -- Chapter 26 -- The Slaughter -- Chapter 27 -- The March of the Imperialists -- Chapter 28 -- The Week before Christmas -- Chapter 29 -- The Pandora -- Chapter 30 -- The Brigands Hold a Council of War -- Chapter 31 -- The Deserter -- Chapter 32 -- The Veteran -- Chapter 33 -- The Soldier's Children -- Chapter 34 -- The Beginning of the End -- Chapter 35 -- Facing the 'Problem' -- Chapter 36 -- The O. B. S. -- Chapter 37 -- A Brilliant Epigram -- Chapter 38 -- The Brigands' Cave -- Chapter 39 -- The Brigands at Work -- Chapter 40 -- Vive la System! -- Chapter 41.
