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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. It follows a year in the life of Henry Earlforward, a miserly second-hand bookshop owner in the Clerkenwell area of London.
- Arnold Bennett
- United Kingdom
- 1923
- 1923
10 de jan. de 2019 · Release Date. Jan 10, 2019. Copyright Status. Public domain in the USA. Downloads. 88 downloads in the last 30 days. Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
- Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931
- Riceyman Steps: A Novel
- English
421 ratings75 reviews. Edited with an Introduction by Edward Mendelson and Robert Squillace - 'The Bennett novels stand up to anything Europe has put out'. Elizabeth Bowen Henry Earlforward, a shabby Clerkenwell bookseller, has retired from life to devote himself (and his wife Violet) to a consuming passion for money.
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- 1923
- Arnold Bennett
- Hardcover
Riceyman Steps is one of his best works – it won him the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1923. It’s the story of a Clerkenwell shopkeeper, Henry Earlforward, his successful wooing of the widow, Mrs Arb, who owns the shop next door to his secondhand bookshop, and how their mutual obsession with saving money turns to tragedy.
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The Significance. In Riceyman Steps, Mr. Bennett successfully re-turns to the rich, discursive, detailed manner of Clayhanger and The Old Wives’ Tale.
12 de jan. de 2008 · Riceyman Steps. Henry Earlforward is a miserly bookseller who marries a customer and neighbour, Violet Arb. Their life together becomes impossible because of Henry's parsimonious nature and her desire to spend on what he views as luxuries, even extending to heating and the food that is served at table. Both fall ill, but only Violet enters ...
