Riceyman Steps Illustrated

By: Bennett, Arnold

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.The story takes place in 1919-1920, just after the First World War, and is divided into five parts. It deals with 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08RKLRV9V
• ISBN13: 9798587949645
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"