Riceyman Steps (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781729610251)

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
ISBN-10: 1729610250
ISBN-13: 9781729610251
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/30/2018
Pages: 562
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.64lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.14d