Henry Earlforward, a shabby Clerkenwell bookseller, has retired from life to devote himself (and his wife Violet) to a consuming passion for money. Miserliness becomes a fatal illness and Bennett gives a terrifying description of its ravages. But the book's horrible situation is saved through the character of Elsie - whose life-affirming refusal to engage with the nightmarish world of the bookseller transforms the story. Bennett wished in Riceyman Steps to create an English novel as powerful as anything by Balzac, the ...
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Henry Earlforward, a shabby Clerkenwell bookseller, has retired from life to devote himself (and his wife Violet) to a consuming passion for money. Miserliness becomes a fatal illness and Bennett gives a terrifying description of its ravages. But the book's horrible situation is saved through the character of Elsie - whose life-affirming refusal to engage with the nightmarish world of the bookseller transforms the story. Bennett wished in Riceyman Steps to create an English novel as powerful as anything by Balzac, the writer he most admired, with the same sense of great human issues being played out within the confines of a household. The result is an unforgettable work which is also a gripping description of the harsh, battered London of the period just after the First World War.
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Good. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442. Fine in good cloth covers, lacking dust wrapper. Covers showing shelf wear. Exlibris label to inside front cover. Pages edges stained and with light foxing, however text is clean and clear and remains a nice copy. 2008. New edition. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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New. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266. 2017. UK ed. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
Arnold Bennett is a SUPERB writer; why he isn't more famous and widely read is a mystery. In "Riceyman Steps", he creates the ultimate portrait of a miser. And while set in the early 20th century, the miser's character will seem all too familiar to modern readers. Beware: this book, once read, will stay in your thoughts for years.
