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Handloom weaver Henry Wakefield and his family live in abject poverty in the Manchester, UK area in the early 19th century. He hates the new factories and clashes with everyone from his wife Sarah to a factory agent, a local priest, and reformers. After many setbacks, the family becomes wealthy but this leads to a whole new set of problems and devastating events for this family.
Find out what life was really like in Industrial Revolution times family life, living and working conditions, poverty and wealth, social change and upheaval, the challenge to the Establishment, the early labour movement, the factory system, opportunities, illness including mental illness, physical disability, child birth, death, romance, orphans, religion, crime, punishment, gambling, prostitution, transport and more. The family gets caught up in the Peterloo melee (see front cover).
This historical novel / family saga includes escapes, rescues, bribery, trickery, society parties, a fire, moving house, flooding, runaways, a road accident, floggings, torture, eviction, daring thefts and robberies, kidnapping, births, a court case, a wedding, rowdy labour meetings, asylum and jail life, a near-death experience, missing children, a cricket match, and plenty of tension between the various characters (about 150 of them plus crowd scenes).
A Weaver Web edition by Chris Pearce Literature Fiction eBooks
Set in the early 1800's, this tale follows the Wakefield family as they transition form dirt poor hand weavers to rich large-scale producers.. It is a heartbreaking story of love, loss, acceptance, and growth. I really enjoyed how the characters evolved and changed (not always for the better). This story is much more than just the story of how Henry Wakefield got rich. There is also a focus on how the children and Mrs. Wakefield learn to shape their own lives and enrich themselves beyond what Mr. Wakefield accepts or even allows. I do feel that this book could have been split into several different parts if the author were to expound on the different side stories. I recommend this book to those who have an interest in fiction set in the U.K. in the 19th century.Product details
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A Weaver Web edition by Chris Pearce Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
So I've started to get into these books with more of an historical aspect to them, and this book is probably the one best I've read so far. The storyline is good and the actual writing of the events and historical part was more realistic written than most and you can actually picture what's going on. I couldn't get into most historical books, mainly because it bored me and some historical things, just shouldn't be made into a book.
Anywho, I had an issue with Henry. Just what can I say? He is annoying and his view on life just made you not like Henry. Pretty much wanted to see him just disappear from the story at time. Then there are the times where you want to root for him. Not so much for him, but for his family. Times are hard for everyone, and Henry and his family are having a hard time. They need more money to get more food and have better conditions. Henry is given a chance to better their lives. Instead he turns down the job because he thinks of it as his enemy. This is where he thinks of scenarios, if he had gotten the job and how it would affect his family.
So I'm happy that Henry loves his family and wants to take care of them. So he starts his own business and eventually the family becomes wealthy. But when you have a lot of money it can do things to you or your family. You have his son stealing, then another son having a kid, oh and his wife goes cray cray......
So overall, I enjoyed this story a lot. The book kept me interested and never bored. The story and time period was written very well. It's a very good book and my favorite historical one so far.
To call this novel anything less than an epic would be an understatement. It is beautifully written and crafted into an immediate classic. The historical setting is impeccable and believable, as though the author had personally lived in that time, suffered through similar destitution, and had witnessed the rise and fall of a family just like the Wakefields. It was almost impossible to put this novel down, simply because it never stopped being interesting. Historical novels are often complicated and require extensive exposition, but this story never got boring. In fact, watching the drama of this fascinating family unfold could be likened to the writing of Fitzgerald or John Dos Passos, compelling and brutally sincere. Henry is one of the least likeable characters I have ever read, and yet as a reader, we want him to succeed for the good of his family, but fail because of his internal monologue and general outlook on life.
Creating a conflict in a reader's emotion is a difficult and dangerous task for an author, because they risk losing the attention and interest of the audience; everyone likes to root for a hero. The supporting characters in the family breathe life and genuine emotion into the tale, and it is hard not to become attached to at least one of them, most likely more. Sarah reminds me of the the wife from Tender is the Night, even beyond the mental health issues that she suffers from. I didn't see the climax coming, and the lack of predictability drags the reader through to the very last page. As Hawthorne said, "Families are always rising and falling in America", but it's true in England as well; this novel is a beautiful example of that, and should be read by anyone who is a fan of drama and truly spectacular prose.
Started well but moved too fast later on with not enough development of the subsequent events. Good ideas but needed more exploration to make them more believable, I felt.
Set in the early 1800's, this tale follows the Wakefield family as they transition form dirt poor hand weavers to rich large-scale producers.. It is a heartbreaking story of love, loss, acceptance, and growth. I really enjoyed how the characters evolved and changed (not always for the better). This story is much more than just the story of how Henry Wakefield got rich. There is also a focus on how the children and Mrs. Wakefield learn to shape their own lives and enrich themselves beyond what Mr. Wakefield accepts or even allows. I do feel that this book could have been split into several different parts if the author were to expound on the different side stories. I recommend this book to those who have an interest in fiction set in the U.K. in the 19th century.
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