Demos . By: George Gissing ( NOVEL )

Demos: A Story of English Socialism is a novel by the English author George Gissing. It was written between late 1885 and March 1886 and first published in April 1886 by Smith, Elder & Co.It tells the story of a young, lower-class, Radical working-man, Richard Mutimer, who unexpectedly inherits a large fortune. He becomes the leader of a socialist movement and decides to use his inheritance to set up a cooperative factory. However, his new wealth and power serve to highlight the defects of character that he brings from his working-class origin and he begins to treat his workers harshly, as well as abandoning the girl of his own station to whom he had been engaged.

• | Author: George Gissing
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Sep 01, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 326 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1975972597
• | ISBN-13: 9781975972592