Riceyman Steps
$25.51
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
13 November 2016
Summary
Riceyman Steps: Avarice and Redemption in Post-War London
Henry Earlforward, a reclusive bookseller in Clerkenwell, is consumed by an insatiable hunger for wealth, drawing his wife Violet into his grim obsession. Bennett paints a chilling portrait of miserliness as a debilitating disease, threatening to engulf their lives.
Amidst this darkness, Elsie emerges as a beacon of hope, her vibrant spirit defying the oppressive atmosphere of the Earlforward household. Her life-affir…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241255797 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241255791 |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Author: | Arnold Bennett |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 13 November 2016 |
| Weight: | 258g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was one of the most versatile, ambitious and successful British novelists of the early 20th century. His novels and short stories both celebrate and deplore a rapidly changing Britain. Much of his greatest work is set where he grew up, in the Potteries of the West Midlands. Inspired by Zola and Maupassant, he realized that this world of brutal industrial work and rapid social change, religious severity and material temptation, was the perfect backdrop for everything from comedy to tragedy. He died of typhoid.
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