Learning From Neglected Novels By 1900s Radicals (w/ the Rickard Sisters)
The Rickard Sisters, Sophie and Scarlett, have produced two wonderful graphic novel adaptations of books by early 20th century radicals. First they made The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, adapted from Robert Tressell's classic socialist story about a group of house painters who experience all of the horrors of laissez-faire capitalism. Then the Rickards made No Surrender, adapted from Constance Maud's neglected novel about the suffragette movement.
Today, the Rickards join to talk about why they see the struggles of a century ago as so enduringly relevant. They have spent years adapting…
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