Robert Tressell
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Robert Phillipe Noonan (17 April 1870 – 3 February 1911), born Robert Croker, and best known by the pen name Robert Tressell, was an Irish writer best known for his novel The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists.
Robert Tressell | |
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Born | Robert Croker 17 April 1870 (1870-04-17) Dublin, Ireland |
Died | 3 February 1911 (1911-02-04) (aged 40) Liverpool, United Kingdom |
Resting place | Liverpool Parochial Cemetery (Walton Park Cemetery) |
Occupation | House painter and decorator, Author |
Language | English |
Nationality | Irish |
Genre | Social realism |
Notable works | The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists |
Spouse |
Elizabeth Hartel
(m. 1891; div. 1897) |
Children | 1 |
Website | |
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Tressell spent his early adult working life in South Africa. It was in Johannesburg that he was drawn into labour organisation and socialist politics. In Johannesburg, he was also involved with some of the leading protagonists of Irish nationalism.
He returned to England where he continued to work as a painter and decorator in Hastings and wrote his novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, probably between 1906 and 1910,[1] 'about exploitative employment when the only safety nets are charity, workhouse and grave.' George Orwell appraised it as a wonderful book.[2]