| Demos Contributor(s): Gissing, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 1519701381 ISBN-13: 9781519701381 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $16.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (1.84 lbs) 472 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Demos: A Story of English Socialism is a novel by the English author George Gissing. It was written between late 1885 and March 1886 and first published in April 1886 by Smith, Elder & Co. It tells the story of a young, lower-class, Radical working-man, Richard Mutimer, who unexpectedly inherits a large fortune. He becomes the leader of a socialist movement and decides to use his inheritance to set up a cooperative factory. However, his new wealth and power serve to highlight the defects of character that he brings from his working-class origin and he begins to treat his workers harshly, as well as abandoning the girl of his own station to whom he had been engaged. |
