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This edition includes the following editor's introduction: Arnold Bennett's style and the controversy with his contemporaries
Originally published in 1923, “Riceyman Steps” is a novel by British novelist Arnold Bennett, winner of that year's James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.
Set in a quiet London square in the 1920s, just after the First World War, “Riceyman Steps” tells the powerful story of Henry Earlforward, a miserly book dealer, and the consequences of his decision to marry Violet Arb, who owns the confectionery shop across the square.
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Romance, Young Adult
Length10 hrs 43 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 11, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Arnold Bennett's style and the controversy with his contemporaries
26Chapter 2 - After breakfast
2Part 1
27Chapter 3 - International
3Chapter 1 - Riceyman steps
28Chapter 4 - Afternoon
4Chapter 2 - The customer
29Chapter 5 - Tea
5Chapter 3 - The bookseller at home
30Chapter 6 - Evening
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6Chapter 4 - Elsie
31Part 4
7Chapter 5 - The gift
32Chapter 1 - At the window
8Chapter 6 - Mrs Arb's case
33Chapter 2 - Elsie's motive
9Chapter 7 - Under an umbrella
34Chapter 3 - Charity
10Chapter 8 - The carving-knife
35Chapter 4 - No verdict
11Chapter 9 - Sunday morning
36Chapter 5 - Midnight
12Chapter 10 - Riceyman Square
37Chapter 6 - Henry's plot
13Chapter 11 - Elsie's home
38Chapter 7 - The night-call
14Chapter 12 - The benefactress
39Chapter 8 - On the landing
15Chapter 13 - The passion
40Chapter 9 - Violet's victory
16Chapter 14 - A man's private life
41Chapter 10 - Departure
17Part 2
42Part 5
18Chapter 1 - The day before
43Chapter 1 - The promise
19Chapter 2 - Elsie's retreat
44Chapter 2 - The refusal
20Chapter 3 - Waxworks
45Chapter 3 - The message to Violet
21Chapter 4 - Vacuum
46Chapter 4 - Out of the rain
22Chapter 5 - The priestess
47Chapter 5 - The two patients
23Chapter 6 - The next day
48Chapter 6 - The second refusal
24Part 3
49Chapter 7 - Malaria
25Chapter 1 - Early morning
50Chapter 8 - A climax
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