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Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An AutobiographyCharles Kingsley

Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography

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Original author: Charles Kingsley

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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?

Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography, by Charles Kingsley. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #8374.

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47 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter (1)8,907 words
  2. 2.Front Matter (2)8,744 words
  3. 3.Front Matter (3)8,706 words
  4. 4.Front Matter (4)2,128 words
  5. 5.Preface: To the UNDERGRADUATES of CAMBRIDGE6,323 words
  6. 6.Preface: Written in 18541,942 words
  7. 7.Chapter I: A Poet's Childhood6,023 words
  8. 8.Chapter II: The Tailor's Workroom5,300 words
  9. 9.Chapter III: Sandy Mackaye2,843 words
  10. 10.Chapter IV: Tailors and Soldiers4,170 words
  11. 11.Chapter V: The Sceptic's Mother3,502 words
  12. 12.Chapter VI: The Dulwich Gallery5,132 words
  13. 13.Chapter VII: First Love3,554 words
  14. 14.Chapter VIII: Light in a Dark Place3,807 words
  15. 15.Chapter IX: Poetry and Poets2,413 words
  16. 16.Chapter X: How Folks Turn Chartists5,426 words
  17. 17.Chapter XI: "the Yard Where the Gentlemen Live."3,733 words
  18. 18.Chapter XII: Cambridge3,708 words
  19. 19.Chapter XIII: The Lost Idol Found8,855 words
  20. 20.Chapter XIV: A Cathedral Town2,734 words
  21. 21.Chapter XV: The Man of Science1,967 words
  22. 22.Chapter XVI: Cultivated Women1,287 words
  23. 23.Chapter XVII: Sermons in Stones2,321 words
  24. 24.Chapter XVIII: My Fall2,461 words
  1. 25.Chapter XIX: Short and Sad897 words
  2. 26.Chapter XX: Pegasus in Harness3,633 words
  3. 27.Chapter XXI: The Sweater's Den3,620 words
  4. 28.Chapter XXII: An Emersonian Sermon3,100 words
  5. 29.Chapter XXIII: The Freedom of the Press2,321 words
  6. 30.Chapter XXIV: The Townsman's Sermon to the Gownsman4,077 words
  7. 31.Chapter XXV: A True Nobleman2,010 words
  8. 32.Chapter XXVI: The Triumphant Author2,297 words
  9. 33.Chapter XXVII: The Plush Breeches Tragedy4,431 words
  10. 34.Chapter XXVIII: The Men Who Are Eaten7,667 words
  11. 35.Chapter XXIX: The Trial3,503 words
  12. 36.Chapter XXX: Prison Thoughts4,184 words
  13. 37.Chapter XXXI: The New Church1,176 words
  14. 38.Chapter XXXII: The Tower of Babel2,992 words
  15. 39.Chapter XXXIII: A Patriot's Reward5,268 words
  16. 40.Chapter XXXIV: The Tenth of April2,197 words
  17. 41.Chapter XXXV: The Lowest Deep3,362 words
  18. 42.Chapter XXXVI: Dreamland7,333 words
  19. 43.Chapter XXXVII: The True Demagogue4,769 words
  20. 44.Chapter XXXVIII: Miracles and Science2,245 words
  21. 45.Chapter XXXIX: Nemesis1,941 words
  22. 46.Chapter XL: Priests and People3,399 words
  23. 47.Chapter XLI: Freedom, Equality, and Brotherhood1,592 words