Riceyman Steps (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- First Published: 1923
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1919
- Setting: Riceyman Steps, a suburb of London
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: 1910’s, Wit or humor, London, Sick persons, Money, Suburban life, Satire, Merchants
- Locales: London, England
Characters Discussed
Henry Earlforward, a miserly bookstore owner. He marries a neighboring confectioner whom he believes as miserly as he. He refuses to spend money for electricity, a wedding ring, even for food and medical advice. When he becomes ill, he refuses to enter a hospital because of the expense. He dies the victim of his own parsimony.
Mrs. Violet Arb, thrifty owner of a confectionery shop. She discovers too late that her husband Henry is miserly. Although a doctor sees to it that she goes to the hospital for a needed operation, she has become so weakened by...
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