Buried Alive A Tale Of These Days (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781419111228)

Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days is a novel written by Arnold Bennett, first published in 1908. The story revolves around the life of a wealthy businessman named Priam Farll, who is known for his eccentricities and reclusive lifestyle. Farll is a successful artist who has become disillusioned with his own success and decides to fake his own death in order to escape his fame and live a simple life.After his supposed death, Farll assumes a new identity and moves to a small village in France where he begins to live a quiet life. However, his peaceful existence is interrupted when he falls in love with a young woman named Alice Chalice. Farll's past catches up with him when his former manager, Henry Leek, discovers that he is still alive and attempts to blackmail him.The novel explores themes of identity, fame, and the desire for a simpler life. It also provides a commentary on the changing social and economic landscape of the early 20th century. Bennett's writing is characterized by his attention to detail and his ability to capture the nuances of human behavior.Overall, Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days is a thought-provoking and engaging novel that offers insight into the complexities of modern life.Mr. Oxford's club alarmed and intimidated him; it was so big and so black. Externally it resembled a town-hall of some great industrial town. As you stood on the pavement at the bottom of the flight of giant steps that led to the first pair of swinging doors, your head was certainly lower than the feet of a being who examined you sternly from the other side of the glass. Your head was also far below the sills of the mighty windows of the ground-floor. There were two storeys above the ground-floor, and above them a projecting eave of carven stone that threatened the uplifted eye like a menace.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Author: Arnold Bennett
ISBN-10: 1419111221
ISBN-13: 9781419111228
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 06/17/2004
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.36d