Clayhanger
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69
1910
English
- 01 The Last of a Schoolboy
- 02 The Flame
- 03 Entry into the World
- 04 The Child-Man
- 05 Mr Shushion's Tear Explained
- 06 In the House
- 07 Auntie Hamps
- 08 In the Shop
- 09 The Town
- 10 Free and Easy
- 11 Son and Father
- 12 Machinery
- 13 One Result of Courage
- 14 The Architect
- 15 A Decision
- 16 The Letter
- 17 End of a Struggle
- 18 The Visit
- 19 Father and Son after Seven Years
- 20 The New House
- 21 The Two Gardens
- 22 Clothes
- 23 Janet Loses her Bet
- 24 Lane End House
- 25 The Family Supper
- 26 In the Porch
- 27 The Centenary
- 28 The Bottom of the Square
- 29 The Top of the Square
- 30 The Oldest Sunday School Teacher
- 31 Money
- 32 The Insult
- 33 The Sequel
- 34 Challenge and Response
- 35 Curiosity
- 36 A Catastrophe
- 37 The Man
- 38 The Marriage
- 39 After a Funeral
- 40 The Conclave
- 41 The Name
- 42 The Victim of Sympathy
- 43 The Slave's Fear
- 44 Keys and Cheques
- 45 Laid Aside
- 46 A Change of Mind
- 47 The Ox
- 48 Mrs Hamp's as a Young Man
- 49 An Hour
- 50 Revenge
- 51 The Journey Upstairs
- 52 The Watch
- 53 The Banquet
- 54 After the Banquet
- 55 The Chain Broken
- 56 The Birthday Visit
- 57 Janet's Nephew
- 58 Adventure
- 59 In Preston Street
- 60 The Bully
- 61 The Rendezvous
- 62 The Wall
- 63 The Friendship
- 64 The Arrival
- 65 George and the Vicar
- 66 Beginning of the Night
- 67 End of the Night
- 68 Her Heart
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)
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)
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