Chartist Fiction

<p>First published in 1999. For the first time since their appearance in Chartist newspapers these two major radical narratives are reprinted in a single volume. <i>The Political Pilgrim's Progress </i>combines Utopian politics with Bunyanesque satire to tell the story of the journey of Radical and his family from the City of Plunder to the City of Reform. <i>Sunshine and Shadow </i>is the only serialized novel to have been published in the <i>Northern Star</i>. It brings together fictional biography and historical chronicle to form the first truly working-class novel. </p><p>Both texts offer a unique insight into the literary achievements of the Chartist movement and will be a valuable and entertaining source for scholars of radical politics. The texts are fully annotated and the editor also provides an introduction to each story and a bibliography of recent scholarship. </p>