Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Alan Sillitoe
- First Published: 1958
- Type of Work: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The 1950’s
- Setting: Nottingham, England
- Principal Characters: Arthur Seaton, Brenda, Winnie, Doreen Greatton
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Factories, Self-discovery, Alienation, England or English people, Adultery, Youth, Ethics
- Locales: England, Nottingham, England
The Novel
In this story’s opening scene, Arthur Seaton is described as having immersed himself in “the best and bingiest glad-time of the week,” Saturday night. One of “the fifty-two holidays . . . of the year,” this night is noteworthy in Arthur’s life only because he has consumed eleven pints of beer and seven small gins in a drinking contest with a sailor at the White Horse Club. Although he wins the contest, he ends his binge by falling down a flight of stairs in the club and lying unconscious at the bottom until he is awakened by Brenda, who is his lover and...
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