Plaque

Earlforward's bookshop

Inscription

The Amwell Society
Near this site stood Henry Earlforward's bookshop in Arnold Bennett's 1923 novel "Riceyman Steps" set in Clerkenwell.
Arnold Bennett Society
London Ryan Hotel

Roy Hattersley, a Bennett enthusiast, unveiled the plaque.

Site: Earlforward's bookshop (1 memorial)

WC1, King's Cross Road, Travel Lodge

The book, published in 1923, contains a vivid description of this area in 1919, just after WWI. The Riceyman Steps themselves are modelled on the steps leading up to Granville Square from King's Cross Road.

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Henry Earlforward's bookshop

Bookshop in Arnold Bennett's 1923 novel "Riceyman Steps" set in Clerkenwell.

Arnold Bennett

Born 92 (then 90) Hope Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. The "Five Towns" in hi...

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