Manchester Man

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Historical Fiction

Authors: Isabella Varley Banks In Year : 1896

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Manchester Man

Chapter I: The Flood
Chapter II: No One Knows
Chapter III: How the Rev. Joshua Brookes and Simon Clegg Interpreted a Shakesperian Text
Chapter IV: Mischief
Chapter V: Ellen Chadwick
Chapter VI: To Martial Music
Chapter VII: The Reverend Joshua Brookes
Chapter VIII: The Blue-Coat School
Chapter IX: The Snake
Chapter X: First Antagonism
Chapter XI: The Blue-Coat Boy
Chapter XII: The Gentleman
Chapter XIII: Simon's Pupil
Chapter XIV: Jabez Goes Out Into The World
Chapter XV: Apprenticeship
Chapter XVI: In War And Peace
Chapter XVII: In The Warehouse
Chapter XVIII: Easter Monday
Chapter XIX: Peterloo
Chapter XX: Action And Reaction
Chapter XXI: Wounded
Chapter XXII: Mr. Clegg
Chapter XXIII: In The Theatre Royal
Chapter XXIV: Madame Broadbent's Fan
Chapter XXV: Retrospective
Chapter XXVI: On The Portico Steps
Chapter XXVII: Manhood
Chapter XXVIII: Once In A Life
Chapter XXIX: On Ardwick Green Pond
Chapter XXX: Blind
Chapter XXXI: Coronation Day
Chapter XXXII: Evening: Indoors And Out
Chapter XXXIII: Clogs
Chapter XXXIV: Birds Of A Feather
Chapter XXXV: At Carr's Cottage
Chapter XXXVI: The Lovers' Walk
Chapter XXXVII: A Ride On A Rainy Night
Chapter XXXVIII: Defeated
Chapter XXXIX: Like Father, Like Son
Chapter XL: With All His Faults
Chapter XLI: Marriage
Chapter XLII: Blows
Chapter XLIII: Partnership
Chapter XLIV: Man And Beast
Chapter XLV: Wounds Inflicted And Endured
Chapter XLVI: The Mower With His Scythe
Chapter XLVII: The Last Act
Appendix 1 & 2
Final Appendix (Historical)

Jabez Clegg, the Manchester man, floats into this historical novel in 1799, carried downstream by the River Irk in flood. Jabez's rise to commercial success mirrors the rise of the city at the heart of the industrial revolution. Mrs George Linnaeus Banks (nee Isabella Varley) weaves a web of historical fact and fiction in a fast-paced story built around the rivalry between the Jabez and his nemesis Laurence Aspinall, and the fate of Augusta Ashton, who is loved by both but loves only one. An entertaining fictional journey through the early 19th century history of the city of Manchester, the book also has serious points to make about women's choices and domestic violence. (Summary by Phil Benson)