The jacket design will match the original hardback artwork from the 1950s. The reissue will be released to coincide with the publication of Bradford's biography. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning: A Novel The Seaton Novels Author Alan Sillitoe Publisher Open Road Media, 2016 ISBN 1504026152, 9781504026154 Length 239 pages Subjects Fiction Classics. on his first published novel, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1958 filmed 1960). New introduction by Alan Sillitoe's authorised biographer, Richard Bradford. Saturday Night, Sunday Morning is a classic novel of social realism rather than glorifying life, it exposes its seedy side. The film of the novel, starring Albert Finney, transformed British cinema and was much imitated. But then one evening he meets a young girl in a pub, and Arthur's life begins to look less simple! First published in 1958, 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning' achieved instant critical acclaim and helped to establish Alan Sillitoe as one of the greatest British writers of his generation. Arthur picks up at the local pub Doreen (Anne Field), a pretty factory worker from another plant. He’s a factory worker in the same plant as Albert. Before long, his carryings-on with a couple of married women is local gossip. The lad finds some brief moments of joy in his Saturday night affair with Brenda (Rachel Roberts), who has a child and is married to the square Jack (Bryan Pringle). A hard-drinking, hard-fighting young rebel, he knows what he wants, and he's sharp enough to get it. Working all day at a lathe leaves Arthur Seaton with energy to spare in the evenings. Alan Sillitoe's classic novel of the 1950s, reissued to coincide with the 50th anniversary of its original publication. He started working at the factory at age 15 as a. With a new introduction by Richard Bradford. The main characters are as follows: Arthur Seaton: He is a 21-year-old working-class man in England who tires of working in a bicycle factory.

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