About “Clayhanger”
Set in Victorian England's Midlands, this coming-of-age novel follows Edwin Clayhanger from school through taking over his family's printing business. His father Darius rose from poverty to prominence in Bursley; Edwin, unaware of this history, abandons his ambition to be an architect, only confronting hypocrisy and reopening ties with Hilda Lessways after his father's death.
Book details
- First published
- 1910
- Latest edition
- 1910 · ISBN 9781505287226