Hilda Lessways (Unabridged)

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The book is the second book of The Clayhanger Family series by Arnold Bennett, which paralleled Edwin Clayhanger's story from the point of view of his eventual wife, Hilda. It tells the story of her coming of age, her working experiences as a shorthand clerk and keeper of a lodging house in London and Brighton, her relationship with George Cannon that ends in her disastrous bigamous marriage and pregnancy, and finally her reconciliation with Edwin Clayhanger.
Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 27 March 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film.
In his early life, Bennett was employed by his father but the working relationship failed. Bennett found himself doing jobs such as rent-collecting which were uncongenial. He also resented the low pay; it is no accident that the theme of parental miserliness is important in his novels. In his spare time he was able to do a little journalism, but his breakthrough as a writer came after he had moved from the Potteries. His most famous works are the The Clayhanger Family, (the complete trilogy consisting of Clayhanger, Hilda Lessways, and These Twain) and The Old Wives' Tale. These books draw on his experience of life in the Potteries, as did most of his best work.

Content:
Book I. Her Start in Life

1. An Event in Mr. Skellorn's Life
2. The End of the Scene
3. Mr. Cannon
4. Domesticity Invaded
5. Mrs. Lessways' Shrewdness
6. Victor Hugo and Isaac Pitman
7. The Editorial Secretary
8. Janet Orgreave
9. In the Street
10. Miss Gailey in Declension
11. Disillusion
12. The Telegram
13. Hilda's World
14. To London
    Book II. Her Recovery
15. Sin
16. The Little Room
17. Journey to Bleakridge
18. With the Orgreaves
19. Edwin Clayhanger
20. In the Garden
21. The Next Meeting
    Book III. Her Burden
22. Hilda Indispensable
23. Sarah's Benefactor
24. At Brighton
25. The Sea
    Book IV. Her Fall
26. The Going Concern
27. The Unknown Adventure
28. Florrie Again
    Book V. Her Deliverance
29. Louisa Uncontrolled
30. Some Secret History
    Book VI. Her Punishment
31. Evening at Bleakridge
32. A Rendezvous
33. At the Works
34. The Call from Brighton
35. Thursday Afternoon
36. Mischance

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