Alton Locke, Tailor And Poet; An Autobiography
Alton Locke, Tailor And Poet; An Autobiography
By Charles Kingsley
12 Feb, 2020
Alton Locke is an 1850 novel, by Charles Kingsley, written in sympathy with the Chartist movement, in which Carlyle is introduced as one of the personages. In this novel, Kingsley set out to expose the social injustice suffered by workers in the clot
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Alton Locke is an 1850 novel, by Charles Kingsley, written in sympathy with the Chartist movement, in which Carlyle is introduced as one of the personages. In this novel, Kingsley set out to expose the social injustice suffered by workers in the clothing trade and the trials and tribulations of agricultural labourers. It also gives an insight into the Chartist campaign with which Kingsley was involved in the 1840s. Less