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Clayhanger
Arnold Bennett
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Description for Clayhanger
Paperback. No longer a boy, not quite a man, Edwin Clayhanger stands on a canal bridge on his last day of school, and surveys the valley of Bursley and the Five Towns. Serious, good-natured and full of incoherent ambition, Edwin's hopes and dreams for the future are just taking shape, even as they are put to the test by challenges from Edwin's father. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 39. Weight in Grams: 506.
No longer a boy, not quite a man, Edwin Clayhanger stands on a canal bridge on his last day of school, and surveys the valley of Bursley and the Five Towns. Serious, good-natured and full of incoherent ambition, Edwin's hopes and dreams for the future are just taking shape, even as they are put to the test by challenges from Edwin's domineering father, the stifling constraints of society, and an unusual young woman.
No longer a boy, not quite a man, Edwin Clayhanger stands on a canal bridge on his last day of school, and surveys the valley of Bursley and the Five Towns. Serious, good-natured and full of incoherent ambition, Edwin's hopes and dreams for the future are just taking shape, even as they are put to the test by challenges from Edwin's domineering father, the stifling constraints of society, and an unusual young woman.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
704
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784872359
SKU
V9781784872359
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Ref
99-99
About Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett was born in Staffordshire on 27 May 1867, the son of a solicitor. Rather than following his father into the law, Bennett moved to London at the age of twenty-one and began a career in writing . His first novel, The Man from the North, was published in 1898 during a spell as editor of a periodical - ... Read more
Reviews for Clayhanger
Crammed with details of Victorian life, the first book in Bennett's trilogy about a Potteries family examines how one man, Edwin Clayhanger, is shaped by class, geography and ties of blood.
Guardian
Arnold Bennett writes marvelously on the stuff of life
New York Times
For Bennett...compassion is not soggy. It involves understanding. ... Read more
Guardian
Arnold Bennett writes marvelously on the stuff of life
New York Times
For Bennett...compassion is not soggy. It involves understanding. ... Read more