The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Robert Tressell
Jan 2010 · M J Dees · AI-narrated by Archie (from Google)
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The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists (1914) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Irish house painter and sign writer Robert Noonan, who wrote the book in his spare time under the pen name Robert Tressell. Published after Tressell's death from tuberculosis in the Liverpool Royal Infirmary in 1911, the novel follows a house painter's efforts to find work in the fictional English town of Mugsborough (based on the coastal town of Hastings) to stave off the workhouse for himself, his wife and his son.
The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists (1914) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Irish house painter and sign writer Robert Noonan, who wrote the book in his spare time under the pen name Robert Tressell. Published after Tressell's death from tuberculosis in the Liverpool Royal Infirmary in 1911, ...
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fred cullis
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January 8, 2026
the AI reading the book to you is pretty poor, in chapter 1 there is dialogue between the workmen, I guess this dialogue is written down in a style that would reflect the dialogue if the day between workmen, the AI doesn't read it well at all leaving you to decode what you think was written on the page. Another common mistake is the AI saying "row" as in "row a boat" when it's obvious the author wrote "row" as in a argument or quarrel. The story itself is very good so far.
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