Riceyman Steps
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Arnold Bennett
Publisher: Cassell and Co.
Published: 1925
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Realism -- fiction; Romance fiction; Working class
Description: The book traces the relationship of a miserly bookseller and the woman he marries. Alongside their story is the story of Elsie their servant and her love for Joe. The characters bring about their own downfall or survival; the book is a mixture of melancholy and hopefulness. There is also an interesting portrait of an old-fashioned family doctor who is the deus ex machina. Although the book is set just after the end of the First World War, the characters{u2019} attitudes and beliefs hark back to the Victorian era rather than being influenced by any new ideas.
Notes: Previously published in 1923.