{"product_id":"riceyman-steps","title":"Riceyman Steps","description":"In the \"great metropolitan industrial district\" of East London, Riceyman Steps lead from King's Cross Road to Riceyman Square. Here in this busy neighborhood, Henry Earlforward, the proprietor of a secondhand bookstore, takes a keen interest in Violet Arb, the widowed owner of a nearby confectionary shop.  The middle-aged shopkeepers marry, but their chance for late-in-life happiness is increasingly shadowed by Henry's compulsive miserliness. Violet slowly realizes that her husband views everyday necessities — heating, electricity, even food — as extravagances to be resisted through self-denial. Starved for love as well as physical nourishment, the couple's only hope for survival lies with Elsie, their maid, and her warm-hearted generosity. Winner of the 1924 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, England's oldest literary award, Riceyman Steps weaves an atmospheric re-creation of London's harsh post-World War I mood. Its powerful exploration of sexual hunger and repression, written simply and with a deceptively light ironic tone, offers a compelling story of alienation, thwarted passion, and obsession.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44460489244769,"sku":"9780486846910","price":5.0,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_cc91cc20-407a-4463-8cbb-8263980f80b7.jpg?v=1778570479","url":"https:\/\/ebooks.aafaqeducation.com\/products\/riceyman-steps","provider":"ebook.aafaqeducation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}