Edwin Clayhanger leaves school wanting to be an architect but is put to work in his father’s printing business in Bursley, one of the smoky Five Towns. Darius Clayhanger, who rose from the workhouse, rules the house with harsh pride, and Edwin’s slow growth into manhood, his friendship with the Orgreave family and his love for the strange Hilda Lessways follow over many years.
The first of Bennett’s Clayhanger novels and one of the great English portraits of a father and son. Download the free EPUB.