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 The Political Pilgrim's Progress combines Utopian politics with Bunyanesque satire to tell the story of the journey of Radical & his family from the City of Plunder to the City of Reform Sunshine & Shadow is the only serialized novel to have been published in the Northern Star It brings together fictional biography & historical chronicle to form the first truly working-class novel Both texts offer a unique insight into the literary achievements of the Chartist movement & will be a valuable & entertaining source for scholars of radical politics The texts are fully annotated & the editor also provides an introduction to each story & a bibliography of recent scholarship