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Author(s): Tressell, Robert
Reader(s): Timson, David
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Catalogue No: NA839512
Barcode: 9781843793953
Release Date: 01/2010
TRESSELL, R.: Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (The) (Abridged)
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is the classic working-class novel. It was written in 1906 by an impoverished house painter, Robert Tressell, and within its framework contains a manifesto for socialism. It tells of the appalling working conditions of a group of painters and decorators and their struggle to survive at the most basic level. It is moving, grimly humorous and tragic. It has sold over 6,000,000 copies worldwide since it was published, and has the power to change lives.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Tressell, Robert - Author
Timson, David (Reader)
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1 | A Philosophical Discussion | 04:48 |
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2 | 'Why the bloody 'ell don't you leave the boy alone?' | 05:21 |
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3 | Sometime previously… | 04:49 |
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4 | 'Yes,' said old Joe Philpot… | 04:25 |
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5 | Easton stopped… | 05:34 |
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6 | 'Well if we're all wrong,' said Crass… | 05:34 |
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7 | Nimrod: a Mighty Hunter… | 05:14 |
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8 | He had not been getting his own back… | 03:42 |
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9 | Linden was working at the vestibule doors… | 05:01 |
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10 | As Owen thought of his child's future… | 04:11 |
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11 | The Financiers | 05:26 |
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12 | She had been what is called a 'slavey'… | 06:36 |
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13 | 'At last,' she said… | 04:43 |
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14 | The Placard | 04:06 |
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Disc 2
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1 | It Is Not My Crime | 06:34 |
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2 | A few years ago, the future… | 06:43 |
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3 | The Exterminating Machines | 04:14 |
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4 | Bert, was a lean, undersized boy… | 06:01 |
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5 | 'Oh, by the way,' said Easton… | 03:37 |
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6 | Hands and Brains | 04:53 |
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7 | Owen examined the photograph… | 04:27 |
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8 | The Letting Of The Room | 03:44 |
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9 | The Wages Of Intelligence | 03:41 |
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10 | The Undeserving Persons… | 04:47 |
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11 | 'Religion is a thing…' | 04:54 |
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12 | 'It's all very well to talk…' | 04:41 |
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13 | 'I suppose you think…' | 04:44 |
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14 | 'The Duke of Southward…' | 04:28 |
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15 | 'Do you mean to say…' | 04:44 |
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Disc 3
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1 | True Freedom | 04:35 |
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2 | 'I'll tell you what!' he exclaimed… | 04:54 |
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3 | The Lodger | 03:21 |
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4 | This evening Slyme did not take the direct road… | 03:45 |
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5 | The Forty Thieves | 06:17 |
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6 | The Reign of Terror | 05:11 |
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7 | The sound of Crass's whistle shrilled… | 04:59 |
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8 | Owen proceeded to cut up one of the slices… | 05:16 |
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9 | The unemployed looked blankly at each other… | 04:31 |
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10 | The Phrenologist | 06:37 |
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11 | Ruth | 06:14 |
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12 | The cold night air felt cold and sweet… | 06:40 |
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13 | The Oblong | 05:40 |
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14 | Slyme suffered less… | 04:59 |
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Disc 4
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1 | When Philpot had finished… | 04:26 |
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2 | 'Poverty,' resumed the lecturer… | 05:06 |
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3 | After a while… | 04:33 |
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4 | All the workers are working and suffering… | 04:58 |
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5 | The Slaughter | 02:24 |
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6 | The Week Before Christmas | 04:12 |
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7 | 'That's the engine he talks so much about,' said Nora… | 04:07 |
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8 | The Deserter | 02:29 |
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9 | The Veteran | 02:32 |
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10 | The Soldier's Children | 06:00 |
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11 | Linden waited at a distance… | 05:44 |
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12 | The Beginning Of The End | 05:31 |
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13 | It was not a very large room… | 05:44 |
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14 | Facing The 'Problem' | 03:56 |
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15 | Vive La System! | 04:36 |
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16 | One of the things… | 03:39 |
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17 | Besides the work… | 05:17 |
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Disc 5
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1 | The Beano Meeting | 02:40 |
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2 | June | 04:43 |
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3 | Although it was nearly nine o'clock… | 04:41 |
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4 | The Good Old Summer-time | 04:38 |
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5 | Most of them spoke of those bygone times… | 05:11 |
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6 | Harlow had just started painting… | 04:46 |
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7 | Crass knew that when the men… | 05:18 |
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8 | It was always the same… | 05:19 |
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9 | One afternoon… | 04:15 |
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10 | Most of the men were almost glad… | 05:53 |
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11 | It is inevitable… | 04:20 |
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12 | The cyclists rode away amid showers of stones… | 04:30 |
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13 | They ran on after the van… | 04:34 |
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14 | The Beano | 05:43 |
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15 | Instructions had been given to the drivers… | 04:30 |
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16 | As soon as dinner was over… | 05:29 |
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Disc 6
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1 | When they had done cheering… | 05:14 |
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2 | 'It may or may not be true,' began Barrington… | 05:21 |
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3 | Protracted knocking on the tables… | 04:59 |
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4 | In the coach presided over by Crass… | 06:04 |
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5 | The Great Oration | 05:49 |
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6 | Philpot had by this time… | 05:02 |
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7 | In those days, a master painter… | 05:25 |
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8 | More than one third of the children… | 05:16 |
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9 | 'I don't mind admitting…' | 04:39 |
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10 | All the public land suitable for the purpose… | 06:13 |
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11 | By this time the nation will be the sole employer… | 05:09 |
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12 | 'I should like to know…' | 05:00 |
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13 | Under the present system… | 05:27 |
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14 | 'What about religion?' said Slyme… | 03:25 |
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15 | 'What about the Navy?' cried several voices… | 04:31 |
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Disc 7
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1 | The 'Sixty-five' | 06:00 |
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2 | 'Well, the only thing as I can see…' | 06:49 |
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3 | The Ghouls | 06:16 |
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4 | The Wise Men Of The East | 05:20 |
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5 | The following evening… | 07:26 |
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6 | 'Your party persists…' | 06:14 |
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7 | The Undesired | 05:07 |
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8 | Sundered | 06:08 |
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9 | It was arranged that Ruth… | 05:25 |
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10 | The Widow's Son | 04:49 |
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11 | Rushton was standing leaning over Miss Wade's chair… | 05:49 |
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12 | 'It's a Far, Far Better Thing That I Do…' | 03:48 |
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13 | The End | 04:40 |
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14 | Nora sat sewing by the fireside… | 05:00 |
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Total Playing Time: 08:42:50