Bøker av Arnold Bennett

"Buried Alive" tells the story of Priam Farll, a talented artist who gains recognition for his remarkable skill in portrait painting. He is celebrated and admired in the art world, and his works are highly sought after. However, despite his artistic success, Farll is a reclusive and introverted individual who shies away from the public eye.The novel takes a dramatic turn when Farll is mistaken for a vagrant by a group of people, including a policeman and a journalist, as he attempts to leave his house. When Farll is taken to a police station, his true identity is discovered, and it is revealed that he has been living a solitary life for years.Intriguingly, Farll is declared deceased during his brief incarceration, and this news spreads throughout the media and society. Instead of revealing the truth, Farll decides to embrace his supposed death as an opportunity for a fresh start. He adopts the pseudonym "Henry Leek" and sets off on a journey to experience life beyond his sheltered existence.As "Henry Leek," Farll immerses himself in a world of new experiences and encounters various individuals who offer different perspectives on life and human nature. He takes on various roles, including that of a valet, and begins to see life from a new and liberating vantage point."Buried Alive" delves into themes of identity, self-discovery, and the human desire for escape and transformation. It explores the consequences of reinventing oneself and the opportunities that can arise from leaving behind the constraints of one's past.Arnold Bennett's novel offers a thought-provoking examination of the complexities of human nature and the yearning for a life unburdened by societal expectations. The story invites readers to contemplate the choices we make in our lives and the potential for rebirth and renewal, even when one's identity has been declared "buried alive" by the world.

The Plain Man and His Wife, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Tales of the Five Towns, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Riceyman Steps: A Novel, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Riceyman Steps, first published in 1923, is set in ¿dingy and sordid¿ Clerkenwell, in central London, where ¿existence was a dangerous and difficult adventure in almost frantic quest of food, drink and shelter.¿ It¿s there that Henry Earlforward runs a gloomy, dusty store full of secondhand books. He eats less and less with every day, keeps his young servant Elsie working long hours for minimal pay, and never lights a candle when darkness will do. One day he takes notice of Violet, a middle-aged widow who owns a confectionary shop nearby, and they become husband and wife soon after.It quickly becomes clear that his miserliness, his ¿grand passion and vice,¿ has rubbed off on Violet, threatening her chances at happiness just as much as his. His obsession also imperils Elsie¿s ability to help her lover Joe, who returned from World War I with shell shock, and who desperately needs her.The year it was published Riceyman Steps won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. Its tragic tone represents a departure from many of the novels and stories Arnold Bennett set in the ¿Five Towns,¿ the fictional location inspired by his Staffordshire childhood. Instead, it reflects the pain and disappointment of the years immediately following the Great War. As Earlforward tells a customer early on, ¿We¿re not quite straight here yet. The truth is, we haven¿t been straight since 1914.¿