Hilda Lessways by Arnold Bennett
$6.00 NZD
Category: Classic fiction | Series: Clayhanger Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The second novel in the Clayhanger series, Hilda Lessways (1911) is told from the point of view of Edwin's Clayhanger's wife, Hilda. It describes her coming of age, her work as a shorthand clerk and in a lodging house in London and Brighton, her relationship with George Cannon, which ends in a pregnancy ...Show more
Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett; Frank Swinnerton (Introduction by)
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Category: Classic fiction | Series: Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The first novel of a family saga, Clayhanger (1910) is a coming-of-age story set in the Midlands of Victorian England. It follows Edwin Clayhanger as he leaves school, takes over the family business and falls in love. The triumph of the book is the minute detailing of the effect of bourgeois respectabi ...Show more
Anna of the Five Towns by Bennett Arnold
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Category: Classic fiction | Series: Classics Library | Reading Level: good
Anna, a woman of reserve and integrity, lives with her tyrannical and selfish father. Courted for her money by the handsome and successful Henry Mynors, Anna defies her father's wrath--with tragic results. Set in the Potteries against a background of dour Wesleyan Methodism, Anna of the Five Towns is a ...Show more