Buried Alive a Tale of These Days eBook Arnold Bennett
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Buried Alive a Tale of These Days eBook Arnold Bennett
Years ago I saw the wonderful Monty Wooly movie, "Holy Matrimony" which was closely based on Arnold Bennett's book, " Buried Alive" a book of which I was unaware at the time of seeing the movie. Many years later, I decided to buy the movie from Amazon; on seeing it again, I was just as charmed. I decided to read the book on my Kindle Fire and very much enjoyed it too. Both the book and the movie are highly entertaining; so, I recommend you obtain them both. Start with viewing the movie because it's easier to get names and actions clear while you're enjoying. Read the short novel next which is the same story of course but a different and delightful experience. Both movie and book are "keepers". ( as a side note to the movie, both the great character actors, Eric Blore (as valet) and Franklin Pangborn (as brother) make all too short appearances. Fair warning this is a 1943 black & white British movie and of course the book is older but both are choice and very worth having in one's home collection ).Product details
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Buried Alive a Tale of These Days eBook Arnold Bennett Reviews
Priam Farll is an artist who wishes to remain invisible. He is an enormously shy man who is shielded from the rigours of social interaction by wealth and his valet. When the valet is suddenly taken ill and dies, Farll sees an opportunity to adopt his identity.
Farll has been abroad for a number of years and is taken aback when he realises the extent of his fame. He eavesdrops as the media and the public debate hotly over whether ‘his’ funeral should be in Westminster Abbey, hears a starlet fabricate a story of their meeting, and is aghast at plans for his legacy. Meanwhile he has to live and to find his way around the social milieu of his late valet. Predictably, there are complications.
Bennett’s writing style is wonderful, rich with arch observation and satire – of the art world, of the media, of class. But beyond that there is a moving story. Farll’s change of circumstances brings opportunities, in the way he relates to people, in what he values, in his appreciation of his creativity.
Farll finds that while he can act like another person, he can’t fake his painting, whatever the consequences. Bennett nicely carries this tension – between the potential for change and the essential nature of who we are – to the end. And he shows how our obsession with the towering persona of the artist burdens the life-sized human behind it who just makes great art.
A version of this review first appeared on my blog [...]
I love the author's style and the time period in which he writes.
As soon as the book started I loved the era it was set in. My imagination could see exactly what the characters looked like and where they were situated. It grabbed me within the first couple of chapters I couldn't find out to see what happens. It made me feel it could really happen. I think it would make a good movie, or even a great episode on the television. A very enjoyable book that captured me throughout. The title threw me off a bit, but then when I read the book I realised the title is what it should be "Buried Alive" a tale of these days.
Arnold's "Buried Akive" js one of the best novels I have ever read. I read it years ago and loved. I reread it recently, and it is just as good as I remembered. It gives a good picture of English society at a little after the turn of the century, espically of its class distinctions. However, it is the story of the shy artist that makes it such a good read. It is clear why the movie was intitled "Holy Matrimony" instead of "Buried Alive"
Very enjoyable! Well written fictional commentary on the haves and have nots of 19th century London and how an odd man (doesn't) fit. The characters are terrific.
Years ago I saw the wonderful Monty Wooly movie, "Holy Matrimony" which was closely based on Arnold Bennett's book, " Buried Alive" a book of which I was unaware at the time of seeing the movie. Many years later, I decided to buy the movie from ; on seeing it again, I was just as charmed. I decided to read the book on my Fire and very much enjoyed it too. Both the book and the movie are highly entertaining; so, I recommend you obtain them both. Start with viewing the movie because it's easier to get names and actions clear while you're enjoying. Read the short novel next which is the same story of course but a different and delightful experience. Both movie and book are "keepers". ( as a side note to the movie, both the great character actors, Eric Blore (as valet) and Franklin Pangborn (as brother) make all too short appearances. Fair warning this is a 1943 black & white British movie and of course the book is older but both are choice and very worth having in one's home collection ).
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