Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Working all day at a lathe leaves Arthur Seaton with energy to spare in the evenings. A young rebel of a man, he knows what he wants and he's sharp enough to get it. Before long his meetings with a couple of married women are part of local gossip.
Stats for nerds
1recommend
2mentions
2people
2013–2023years
50% recommend50% neutral
Mentions per year
What Hacker News says
- I wouldn't under-estimate the value of this as an experience for kids. I discovered a copy of "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" by Alan Sillitoe in a pile of old books my parent had. It was like discovering a small nugget of gold.
- Yes, Arthur Seaton from Saturday Night and Sunday Morning who worked at his bicycle factory in Nottingham as a machinist in the mid-1950's could afford a motorcycle "or perhaps an old car". He lived nearby with his family, in a terraced house, and would have had no need for a vehicle.
Winston Smith would be in a similar social class.
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