The story takes place in 1919-1920 and deals with the final year in the life of its main character, Henry Earlforward, a miser, who keeps a second-hand bookshop in the Clerkenwell area of London. Henry marries Violet Arb, a widow who keeps a neighbouring shop, and who sees in Henry a financially secure future. Henry's parsimony drives them into an increasingly wretched existence. Their lives are contrasted to that of their maid servant Elsie Sprickett and it is she, despite her extreme poverty, who brings life and a future to the bittersweet tale.

Médias	Livres Paperback Book (Livre avec couverture souple et dos collé)
Validé	31 juillet 2016
ISBN13	9781536811414
Éditeurs	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages	288
Dimensions	216 × 280 × 15 mm · 671 g
Langue et grammaire	English

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