The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

Yes, Hastings UK is a centre of the literary world. The list of writers who lived and worked here is endless.
2011 was the centenary of the death of Robert Tressell, the original manuscript of whose The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists can be downloaded or read here:
http://www.unionhistory.info/ragged/browse.php?Page=1705&Book=The+Ragged+Trousered+Philanthropists