The Manchester Man (novel)
The Manchester Man is a novel by the British writer Isabella Banks. It was first published in three volumes in 1876 under her married name, Mrs G. Linnæus Banks. The story follows the life of a Manchester resident, Jabez Clegg, during the nineteenth century and his rise to prosperity in the booming industrial city. It depicts a number of real historical events such as the Peterloo Massacre.[1]
Plot
An orphaned child is rescued by a tanner and his daughter from the
Historicity
The Manchester Man is remarkable for its historical detail.
Film adaptation
In 1920 the novel was adapted into a silent film The Manchester Man directed by Bert Wynne.
Cultural references
A quotation from the novel forms the epitaph on the tombstone of Tony Wilson, one of the founders of Factory Records in Manchester.[3]
References
- ^ Sutherland p.406
- ^ Brill, Barbara. Some Manchester Chroniclers, Library Review, Vol. 24 No. 4, pp. 147-153 1973. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb020905
- ^ Burgoyne, Patrick (22 October 2010). "- Saville and Kelly's memorial to Tony Wilson". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
Bibliography
- Briggs, Asa. Victorian Cities. University of California Press, 1993.
- Sutherland, Joan. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Santford University Press, 1989.
External links
The Manchester Man public domain audiobook at LibriVox- The Manchester Man at Project Gutenberg.
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