Robert Tressell

(1870–1911) Novelist

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Robert Tressell was a novelist.

Quick Facts About Robert Tressell

Born: April 17, 1870
Died: February 3, 1911
Profession: Novelist

About Robert Tressell

Irish novelist and political activist (1870-1911)... | Robert Phillipe Noonan, 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.

Quotes by Robert Tressell

“The revulsion of feeling that Barrington experienced during the progress of the election was intensified by the final result. The blind, stupid,…

Robert Tressell

Apathy

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“Poverty is not caused by men and women getting married; it's not caused by machinery; it's not caused by "over-production"; it's not…

Robert Tressell

Doing your best

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“The theories that drunkenness, laziness or inefficiency are the causes of poverty are so many devices invented and fostered by those who…

Robert Tressell

Poverty

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“Much better left alone,’ chimed in old Jack Linden sagely, ‘argyfying about politics generally ends up with a bloody row an’ does…

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