Clayhanger
Arnold Bennett
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This first of a trilogy of novels is a coming-of-age story set in the Midlands of Victorian England, following Edwin Clayhanger as he leaves school, takes over the family business, and falls in love.
The books are set in Bennett's usual setting of "the 5 Towns", a thinly-disguised version of the six towns of "the Potteries" which amalgamated (at the time of which Bennett was writing) into the borough (and later city) of Stoke-on-Trent.
In one of the earlier chapters in the book, Bennett writes that Edwin had only heard of a philosopher as 'someone who made the best of a bad job' and in some ways that is what Edwin has to do in the book - survive under a stifling layer of conduct imposed by his father, his church and the society he is part of.
(Introduction by Wikipedia, summarised by seasound11) (21 hr 2 min)
Chapitres
01 The Last of a Schoolboy | 16:43 | Lu par meyerli |
02 The Flame | 17:36 | Lu par Fareeda Amir |
03 Entry into the World | 20:20 | Lu par meyerli |
04 The Child-Man | 17:36 | Lu par meyerli |
05 Mr Shushion's Tear Explained | 7:33 | Lu par meyerli |
06 In the House | 16:33 | Lu par meyerli |
07 Auntie Hamps | 28:24 | Lu par meyerli |
08 In the Shop | 15:03 | Lu par meyerli |
09 The Town | 18:52 | Lu par meyerli |
10 Free and Easy | 24:46 | Lu par meyerli |
11 Son and Father | 17:46 | Lu par meyerli |
12 Machinery | 29:38 | Lu par meyerli |
13 One Result of Courage | 18:57 | Lu par meyerli |
14 The Architect | 17:38 | Lu par meyerli |
15 A Decision | 15:13 | Lu par meyerli |
16 The Letter | 20:27 | Lu par meyerli |
17 End of a Struggle | 23:05 | Lu par meyerli |
18 The Visit | 21:38 | Lu par meyerli |
19 Father and Son after Seven Years | 16:13 | Lu par meyerli |
20 The New House | 19:11 | Lu par meyerli |
21 The Two Gardens | 19:05 | Lu par meyerli |
22 Clothes | 11:11 | Lu par meyerli |
23 Janet Loses her Bet | 12:18 | Lu par meyerli |
24 Lane End House | 24:32 | Lu par meyerli |
25 The Family Supper | 11:36 | Lu par meyerli |
26 In the Porch | 25:29 | Lu par meyerli |
27 The Centenary | 25:38 | Lu par meyerli |
28 The Bottom of the Square | 9:48 | Lu par meyerli |
29 The Top of the Square | 14:55 | Lu par meyerli |
30 The Oldest Sunday School Teacher | 16:36 | Lu par meyerli |
31 Money | 24:39 | Lu par meyerli |
32 The Insult | 9:08 | Lu par meyerli |
33 The Sequel | 9:50 | Lu par meyerli |
34 Challenge and Response | 22:51 | Lu par meyerli |
35 Curiosity | 21:55 | Lu par meyerli |
36 A Catastrophe | 10:07 | Lu par meyerli |
37 The Man | 24:07 | Lu par meyerli |
38 The Marriage | 31:11 | Lu par meyerli |
39 After a Funeral | 30:32 | Lu par meyerli |
40 The Conclave | 21:21 | Lu par meyerli |
41 The Name | 13:43 | Lu par meyerli |
42 The Victim of Sympathy | 14:58 | Lu par meyerli |
43 The Slave's Fear | 13:39 | Lu par meyerli |
44 Keys and Cheques | 11:59 | Lu par meyerli |
45 Laid Aside | 25:07 | Lu par meyerli |
46 A Change of Mind | 19:35 | Lu par meyerli |
47 The Ox | 12:55 | Lu par meyerli |
48 Mrs Hamp's as a Young Man | 10:41 | Lu par meyerli |
49 An Hour | 10:14 | Lu par meyerli |
50 Revenge | 10:33 | Lu par meyerli |
51 The Journey Upstairs | 13:42 | Lu par meyerli |
52 The Watch | 14:29 | Lu par meyerli |
53 The Banquet | 20:36 | Lu par meyerli |
54 After the Banquet | 22:23 | Lu par meyerli |
55 The Chain Broken | 19:44 | Lu par meyerli |
56 The Birthday Visit | 23:39 | Lu par meyerli |
57 Janet's Nephew | 20:59 | Lu par meyerli |
58 Adventure | 23:28 | Lu par meyerli |
59 In Preston Street | 21:41 | Lu par meyerli |
60 The Bully | 18:29 | Lu par meyerli |
61 The Rendezvous | 19:25 | Lu par meyerli |
62 The Wall | 13:05 | Lu par meyerli |
63 The Friendship | 17:09 | Lu par meyerli |
64 The Arrival | 25:21 | Lu par meyerli |
65 George and the Vicar | 19:24 | Lu par meyerli |
66 Beginning of the Night | 27:13 | Lu par meyerli |
67 End of the Night | 21:40 | Lu par meyerli |
68 Her Heart | 17:07 | Lu par meyerli |
Critiques
Intolerable reader





Emily Riddy
I honestly can't attest to the quality of the story, as I didn't make it to the end of the first chapter. The reader disregards all commas, full stops and other grammar that would denote a pause, which I found incredibly irking.





V
The book great until the last chapter. That chapter was confusing and ended abruptly. However the reader was wonderful.





Val
A interesting,funny,sad story of a man's life.