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Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography

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    Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography is a historical fiction novel by Charles Kingsley. Readers will find themes of working class, England, bildungsromans and young men.

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    About Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography

    "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?
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    Themes, setting & tropes

    Genres

    Subjects

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

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    Who wrote Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography?

    Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography was written by Charles Kingsley.

    What genre is Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography?

    It is usually shelved as Historical Fiction.

    Is Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography free to read?

    Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

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