Riceyman Steps

Author : Arnold Bennett
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riceyman Steps written by Arnold Bennett and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riceyman Steps is a novel by British novelist Arnold Bennett, first published in 1923 and winner of that year's James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. The story takes place in 1919-1920 and deals with the final year in the life of its main character, Henry Earlforward, a miser, who keeps a second-hand bookshop in the Clerkenwell area of London. Henry marries Violet Arb, a widow who keeps a neighbouring shop, and who sees in Henry a financially secure future. Henry's parsimony drives them into an increasingly wretched existence. Their lives are contrasted to that of their maid servant Elsie Sprickett and it is she, despite her extreme poverty, who brings life and a future to the bittersweet tale. Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was an English journalist, novelist, and writer. After working as a rent collector and solicitor's clerk, Bennett won a writing contest which convinced him to become a journalist. He later turned to the writing of novels, including his most famous Clayhanger and Anna of the five towns.

Author : Arnold Bennett
Publisher : Standard Ebooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riceyman Steps written by Arnold Bennett and published by Standard Ebooks. This book was released on 2022-06-02T19:38:55Z with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riceyman Steps, first published in 1923, is set in “dingy and sordid” Clerkenwell, in central London, where “existence was a dangerous and difficult adventure in almost frantic quest of food, drink and shelter.” It’s there that Henry Earlforward runs a gloomy, dusty store full of secondhand books. He eats less and less with every day, keeps his young servant Elsie working long hours for minimal pay, and never lights a candle when darkness will do. One day he takes notice of Violet, a middle-aged widow who owns a confectionary shop nearby, and they become husband and wife soon after. It quickly becomes clear that his miserliness, his “grand passion and vice,” has rubbed off on Violet, threatening her chances at happiness just as much as his. His obsession also imperils Elsie’s ability to help her lover Joe, who returned from World War I with shell shock, and who desperately needs her. The year it was published Riceyman Steps won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. Its tragic tone represents a departure from many of the novels and stories Arnold Bennett set in the “Five Towns,” the fictional location inspired by his Staffordshire childhood. Instead, it reflects the pain and disappointment of the years immediately following the Great War. As Earlforward tells a customer early on, “We’re not quite straight here yet. The truth is, we haven’t been straight since 1914.” This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

Author : Arnold Bennett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1537823663
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Grand Babylon Hotel written by Arnold Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grand Babylon Hotel is an exclusive London establishment, and American millionaire Theodore Racksole, visiting the hotel with his spirited 23-year-old daughter Nella, decides to buy the place. What he hasn't counted on is having to deal with a criminal conspiracy whose purposes are not at all clear, and events take an unexpected turn as Theodore and Nella play detective. Replete with evil villains, physical dangers, and secret passages, The Grand Babylon Hotel is a mesmerizing thriller that will be enjoyed by mystery lovers everywhere.

Author : ARNOLD BENNETT
Publisher : PURE SNOW PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book RICEYMAN STEPS written by ARNOLD BENNETT and published by PURE SNOW PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RICEYMAN STEPS BY ARNOLD BENNETT Riceyman Steps is a story about the final year in the life of its main character, Henry Earlforward, a miser with a slight limp, who keeps a second-hand bookshop in the Clerkenwell area of London, at Riceyman Steps. Henry harbours a secret passion for Violet Arb, a widow who inherits a neighbouring confectionery shop. When Henry tries to woo Violet, the widow realizes that they share the same charwoman and maid servant in the simple, loyal Elsie Sprickett. KEY FEATURES OF THIS BOOK · Unabridged reprint of the original content · Available in multiple formats: eBook, original paperback, large print paperback, hardcover and audiobook · Proper paragraph formatting with Indented first lines and Justified Paragraphs · Properly formatted for aesthetics and ease of reading. · Custom Table of Contents and Design elements for each chapter · The Copyright page has been placed at the end of the book, as to not impede the content and flow of the book. ABOUT THE BOOK: Original publication: 1923 Book 17 of the Arnold Bennett novel collection Chapters 49 Words: 95,000 This book is great for schools, teachers and students or for the casual reader, and makes a wonderful addition to any classic literary library ABOUT US: At Pure Snow Publishing we have taken the time and care into formatting this book to make it the best possible reading experience. With more than 500 book listings, we specialize in publishing classic books and have been publishing books since 2014. Enjoy!

Author : Arnold Bennett
Publisher : Delphi Classics
ISBN 13 : 1788778243
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riceyman Steps by Arnold Bennett - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) written by Arnold Bennett and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2017-07-17 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Riceyman Steps by Arnold Bennett - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Arnold Bennett’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Bennett includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘Riceyman Steps by Arnold Bennett - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Bennett’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles

Author : Arnold Bennett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lion's Share written by Arnold Bennett and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lynne Hapgood
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719059704
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Margins of Desire written by Lynne Hapgood and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2005-05-06 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who said that the suburbs are boring? The suburban trick is to look ordinary and be extraordinary, as Lynne Hapgood's absorbing discussion of the suburbs in fiction from 1880-1925 reveals.

Author : Gary Goodman
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452966915
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Bookseller written by Gary Goodman and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wry, unvarnished chronicle of a career in the rare book trade during its last Golden Age When Gary Goodman wandered into a run-down, used-book shop that was going out of business in East St. Paul in 1982, he had no idea the visit would change his life. He walked in as a psychiatric counselor and walked out as the store’s new owner. In The Last Bookseller Goodman describes his sometimes desperate, sometimes hilarious career as a used and rare book dealer in Minnesota—the early struggles, the travels to estate sales and book fairs, the remarkable finds, and the bibliophiles, forgers, book thieves, and book hoarders he met along the way. Here we meet the infamous St. Paul Book Bandit, Stephen Blumberg, who stole 24,000 rare books worth more than fifty million dollars; John Jenkins, the Texas rare book dealer who (probably) was murdered while standing in the middle of the Colorado River; and the eccentric Melvin McCosh, who filled his dilapidated Lake Minnetonka mansion with half a million books. In 1990, with a couple of partners, Goodman opened St. Croix Antiquarian Books in Stillwater, one of the Twin Cities region’s most venerable bookshops until it closed in 2017. This store became so successful and inspired so many other booksellers to move to town that Richard Booth, founder of the “book town” movement in Hay-on-Wye in Wales, declared Stillwater the First Book Town in North America. The internet changed the book business forever, and Goodman details how, after 2000, the internet made stores like his obsolete. In the 1990s, the Twin Cities had nearly fifty secondhand bookshops; today, there are fewer than ten. As both a memoir and a history of booksellers and book scouts, criminals and collectors, The Last Bookseller offers an ultimately poignant account of the used and rare book business during its final Golden Age.

Author : Arnold Bennett
Publisher : Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
ISBN 13 : 3986473793
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riceyman Steps written by Arnold Bennett and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-09-11 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riceyman Steps - Arnold Bennett - The story takes place in 1919-1920 and deals with the final year in the life of its main character, Henry Earlforward, a miser, who keeps a second-hand bookshop in the Clerkenwell area of London. Henry marries Violet Arb, a widow who keeps a neighbouring shop, and who sees in Henry a financially secure future. Henry's parsimony drives them into an increasingly wretched existence. Their lives are contrasted to that of their maid servant Elsie Sprickett and it is she, despite her extreme poverty, who brings life and a future to the bittersweet tale.

Author : Arnold Bennett
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473374820
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Card - A Story of Adventure in the Five Towns written by Arnold Bennett and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in a small industrial town at the start of the 20th century, this is the humorous story of Edward "Denry" Machin. Denry is an impulsive, opportunistic, and occasionally lucky entrepreneur with few scruples where money-making is concerned. Not especially likeable yet not entirely loathsome, Denry makes for a very entertaining character to both the fictional townsfolk and readers of this tale alike. A story full of hilarity and sure to entertain any reader, this book is an ideal addition to any bookshelf and a veritable must-read for fans of Bennett's work. Enoch Arnold Bennett was an English writer, most renowned as a novelist but also working in other fields such as journalism, film, and propaganda. Originally written in 1911, we are proud to republish this classic book now with a new introductory biography of the author.