"Living introduced a whole school of proletarian literature, and yet remains apart from, and superior to, any of its followers" Times Literary Supplement The Duprets, upper-class owners of a Birmingham iron-foundry, struggle to keep the business going in the 1920s, while young Lily Gates keeps house for three men who are employed there: the patriarchal Craigan, who owns the house; her worthless father Joe; and stalwart Jim, who is bashfully courting her. Sensing, however, that life must hold greater excitement than she can ...
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"Living introduced a whole school of proletarian literature, and yet remains apart from, and superior to, any of its followers" Times Literary Supplement The Duprets, upper-class owners of a Birmingham iron-foundry, struggle to keep the business going in the 1920s, while young Lily Gates keeps house for three men who are employed there: the patriarchal Craigan, who owns the house; her worthless father Joe; and stalwart Jim, who is bashfully courting her. Sensing, however, that life must hold greater excitement than she can hope for in this closed little world, Lily succumbs to the bolder approach of a rival suitor, Bert, who takes her to the pictures and, eventually, to Liverpool with a view to a new life in Canada. Bert is not destined to stay the course, though, and the affair ends in tears. Bravely Lily returns to her threadbare household. "Living is a book about how people really live: their hopes, but also their compromises and defeats" Jeremy Treglown "The best novel of working-class factory life we have" Walter Allen "His terrain here is close to D.H. Lawrence's, with the difference that whereas Lawrence escaped from the working class, Green escaped into it...His feat of equilibrium was to show lives whose impoverishment he fully recognized as nevertheless sites of comedy, excitement, complex feeling, and beauty" John Updike
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Fair. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for.
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Fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 240 p. Nyrb Classics. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 240 p. Nyrb Classics. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
Add this copy of Living to cart. $318.09, very good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1948 by The Hogarth Press.
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None. Near Fine in Very Good Indeed jacket. The second impression of Henry Green's celebrated novel about the lives of iron foundry workers in interwar era Birmingham. The 1948 second impression of this work, which was first published in 1929. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Green's novel documents the lives of Birmingham iron factory workers in the interwar boom year. A work of modernist literature, despite Green's class, the novel has been described as 'closer to the world of the working class than those of some socialist or worker-writers themselves'. Green was an English writer best remembered for the novels 'Party Going', 'Living', and 'Loving'. He is among those labelled as the 'Bright Young Things' by the tabloid press. With the inscription 'HAMER' to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Back strip head a touch age toned, with small ink inscription to head of front free endpaper. Dust wrapper back strip age toned, with handling marks to wraps. Edgewear to back strip tail, with light spotting to back strip reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine.
Add this copy of Living to cart. $801.45, very good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1929 by J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.
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None. Very Good. An uncommon first edition of this regarded modern classic by Henry Green, observing the lives of Birmingham factory workers. The uncommon first edition, first impression. Â In the publisher's original cloth binding. Â 'Living' offers as a sharp social observation, documenting the lives of Birmingham factory workers in the interwar period. The work is noted for its deliberate lack of conjunctives to reflect the Birmingham accent. Â A considered modern classic among scholars, the work frequently appears on many university syllabi. Â By English writer Henry Green, who is considered one of the 'Bright Young Things', a group designated in the 1920s-30s by the tabloid press. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with fading to the spine. Rubbing and bumping to the extremities and marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the occasional spots, heaviest to the first and last few leaves. Very Good.
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