Riceyman Steps by Arnold Bennett audiobook.

Genre: drama

In a narrow corner of Clerkenwell, a steep little passage called Riceyman Steps leads to the cramped secondhand bookshop of Henry Earlforward, a man of strict habits and even stricter accounts. Henry lives by ledgers and bargains, measuring every candle stub and crumb of coal, convinced that thrift is the only true virtue in a city that wastes. Yet the world presses in: the everyday bustle of London trade, the small dramas of neighbors and customers, and the lives of the women who keep his shop and his rooms running. When Henry forms an unexpected attachment that promises companionship and comfort, his hard-won routines are tested by desires he does not know how to name and fears he cannot easily master. Around him, quieter figures carry their own longings and compromises, revealing how poverty, pride, and respectability can shape a life as decisively as any grand ambition. Arnold Bennett crafts an intimate portrait of obsession and tenderness, asking what it costs to hoard safety, and what might be lost when a man tries to count his way to happiness.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:06:56) Chapter 02

(00:17:39) Chapter 03

(00:28:04) Chapter 04

(00:42:15) Chapter 05

(00:53:21) Chapter 06

(01:01:22) Chapter 07

(01:07:58) Chapter 08

(01:21:00) Chapter 09

(01:29:31) Chapter 10

(01:38:47) Chapter 11

(01:51:45) Chapter 12

(01:59:23) Chapter 13

(02:18:06) Chapter 14

(02:35:46) Chapter 15

(02:53:41) Chapter 16

(03:02:49) Chapter 17

(03:24:09) Chapter 18

(03:31:37) Chapter 19

(03:58:16) Chapter 20

(04:11:13) Chapter 21

(04:20:18) Chapter 22

(04:38:56) Chapter 23

(04:49:02) Chapter 24

(05:01:19) Chapter 25

(05:23:18) Chapter 26

(05:51:33) Chapter 27

(06:05:54) Chapter 28

(06:19:18) Chapter 29

(06:40:26) Chapter 30

(06:53:43) Chapter 31

(07:02:32) Chapter 32

(07:10:57) Chapter 33

(07:31:14) Chapter 34

(07:48:42) Chapter 35

(08:02:25) Chapter 36

(08:12:43) Chapter 37

(08:23:05) Chapter 38

(08:31:50) Chapter 39

(08:53:47) Chapter 40

(09:09:05) Chapter 41

(09:18:50) Chapter 42

(09:33:22) Chapter 43

(09:42:49) Chapter 44

(10:22:04) Chapter 45

(10:33:07) Chapter 46

(10:44:19) Chapter 47

(10:54:07) Chapter 48

(11:03:28) Chapter 49

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