Clayhanger - Softcover

Bennett, Arnold

Softcover

ISBN 10: 151175835X ISBN 13: 9781511758352

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Clayhanger's father supported his extremely poor family even during his early childhood, and rose to become one of the key men in the "Five Towns". Clayhanger is not fully aware of his father's history, and therefore rather takes for granted much of his family's affluence and influence. Clayhanger allows his ambition to become an architect to be overruled by his domineering father, Darius, and becomes instead an unwilling (and underpaid) office junior in his father's printing business. He does mildly revolt against his father and his family. While he is capable of seeing through the many hypocrisies of Victorian England, he does not confront them or become his own man until his father's final illness and death hand him control of his business.

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Review:

Bennett writes magnificently of the little movements of the spirit in its daily routine --Margaret Drabble

About the Author:

Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 151175835X
• ISBN 13: 9781511758352
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 362