The Poacher
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1937.
The Poacher is a splendid novel, the fifth from the pen of H.E. Bates, which relates the life of Luke Bishop from about 1880, when he is about 20 years old, to some time after the end of World War I. There are echoes of Bates's own family history in this novel. Part 1 is 'Youth', Part 2 'Murder', Part 3 'Land', and the fourth and final Part is 'The New Century'. The theme of the novel is the imprisonment of the body and spirit by factories, mechanical power, and the suffocating blanket of middle-class respectability.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Some creases to grubby spine. Light foxing and light creases to front cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1937.
The Poacher is a splendid novel, the fifth from the pen of H.E. Bates, which relates the life of Luke Bishop from about 1880, when he is about 20 years old, to some time after the end of World War I. There are echoes of Bates's own family history in this novel. Part 1 is 'Youth', Part 2 'Murder', Part 3 'Land', and the fourth and final Part is 'The New Century'. The theme of the novel is the imprisonment of the body and spirit by factories, mechanical power, and the suffocating blanket of middle-class respectability.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Some creases to grubby spine. Light foxing and light creases to front cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1937.
The Poacher is a splendid novel, the fifth from the pen of H.E. Bates, which relates the life of Luke Bishop from about 1880, when he is about 20 years old, to some time after the end of World War I. There are echoes of Bates's own family history in this novel. Part 1 is 'Youth', Part 2 'Murder', Part 3 'Land', and the fourth and final Part is 'The New Century'. The theme of the novel is the imprisonment of the body and spirit by factories, mechanical power, and the suffocating blanket of middle-class respectability.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Some creases to grubby spine. Light foxing and light creases to front cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.