Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Kingsley, Charles (1819–1875).

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"Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography" by Charles Kingsley is a novel published in 1850. Written in sympathy with the Chartist movement, it follows a young tailor-boy with poetic ambitions beyond his working-class station. The novel exposes social injustices faced by clothing workers and agricultural laborers while chronicling Alton's passionate involvement in working-class reform. Through intense patriotism, vain struggles for love, and righteous indignation, he fights for change—but at what cost to his fragile spirit?

Book and edition facts

• Title: Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography
• Author credits: Kingsley, Charles (1819–1875)
• Catalogue language: English

Catalogue subjects

• Bildungsromans
• Christian fiction
• England -- Fiction
• Labor movement -- Fiction
• Poets -- Fiction
• Tailors -- Fiction
• Working class -- Fiction
• Young men -- Fiction

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• Category: British Literature
• Category: Novels
• Historical Fiction

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