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      Riceyman Steps

      by Arnold Bennett
      Published
      Jun 1999
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      416
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      In the work that has been judged the finest of his later novels, (printed here in Bennett's corrected version) Arnold Bennett gives us an unfogettable portrait of a miser and his wife. Henry Earlforward is a second-hand bookseller with a passion for money. He marries Violet Arb, a widow with a fortune of her own, yet he is eaten up by fear and greed. Set against the dark forces of avarice is the Earlford's maid, Elsie, whose love of life, generosity of spirit and warm humanity give Riceyman Steps a fine balance between hopelessness and optimism.

      'I closed the book at seven in the morning after the shortest sleepless night of my experience ... there I had "Bennett triumphant" without any doubt whatsoever' - Joseph Conrad

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      Historical

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      First Edition Jun 1999 Penguin (UK) ISBN13 9780140182590 ISBN10 0140182594
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      Jul 1984 Academy Chicago Publishers, Ltd. ISBN13 9780897330930 ISBN10 0897330935
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      Jan 1993 Oxford University Press (UK) ISBN13 9780192813732 ISBN10 0192813730
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      Apr 2009 House of Stratus ISBN13 9780755116003 ISBN10 0755116003
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      Sep 2015 Createspace ISBN13 9781517394592 ISBN10 1517394597
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      Aug 2016 Createspace ISBN13 9781536811414 ISBN10 1536811416
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      Oct 2016 Penguin (UK) ISBN13 9780241255797 ISBN10 0241255791
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      Sep 2019 Independently published ISBN13 9781695709041 ISBN10 1695709047
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      Oct 1999 Penguin UK ISBN13 9780141958804 ISBN10 0141958804
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      Oct 1999 Penguin ISBN10 B002ZJSUM4
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      Jan 2005 Ulverscroft Large Print ISBN13 9781860150708 ISBN10 1860150705
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      Jul 2011 Assembled Stories ISBN10 B005C95S9M
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