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Love On The Dole

Walter Greenwood

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English
Vintage
02 February 2015
'As a novel it stands very high, but it is in its qualities as a ""social document"" that its great value lies' Times Literary Supplement

In Hanky Park, near Salford, Harry and Sally Hardcastle grow up in a society preoccupied with grinding poverty, exploited by bookies and pawnbrokers, bullied by petty officials and living in constant fear of the dole queue and the Means Test. His love affair with a local girl ends in a shotgun marriage, and, disowned by his family, Harry is tempted by crime. Sally, meanwhile, falls in love with Larry Meath, a self-educated Marxist. But Larry is a sick man and there are other more powerful rivals for her affection.
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Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 17mm
Weight:   195g
ISBN:   9780099224815
ISBN 10:   009922481X
Pages:   256
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Recommended Age:   From 0 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Love On The Dole

""Being conceived in suffering and written in blood, it profoundly moves its audience."" The Times ""Not for nothing did Edith Sitwell claim that she could not recall being ""so deeply, so terribly moved"" as when reading this story. An evocative portrayal of life in depression-era Britain."" The Guardian ""One of the earliest and best novels to call for social change in Britain"" Dazed Digital


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