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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.
Noonan completed The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists in 1910, but the 1,600-page hand-written manuscript was rejected by the three publishing houses to which it was submitted. The rejections severely depressed Noonan, and Kathleen Noonan had to save the manuscript from being burnt by keeping it in a metal box under her bed.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is a play by Stephen Lowe, adapted from the classic working-class novel, by Robert Tressell. It was first produced by Joint Stock in Plymouth on 14 September 1978, directed by William Gaskill .
He learned of science fiction at about 11 years old when he read an A. E. van Vogt short story in an early edition of Astounding Science-Fiction magazine. During the Second World War, American troops passed through Northern Ireland and often left their used SF magazines behind at Smithfield Market , where they were available for locals. [ 3 ]
The Ragged Astronauts is a novel in which people can use a hot-air balloon for interplanetary travel between twin planets that share the same atmosphere. [1] The feudal residents of Land have to migrate to the nearby planet of Overland due to overexploitation of resources on their homeworld.
[3] 1844 "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" Edgar Allan Poe: In the short story the protagonist, Bedloe, claims to have been transported back to Benares in the 1780s. [4] 1881 "The Clock that Went Backward" Edward Page Mitchell: A clock takes people back in time. The first story to use a machine for time travel. [5] 1887 El Anacronópete: Enrique ...
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Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Bootblacks: 1868 Juvenile novel. First serialized in twelve installments in Student and Schoolmate in 1867. Published by Loring in book format in 1868. First volume of the Ragged Dick Series. A New York City bootblack rises to middle class respectability through hard work, honesty, and ...