The Manchester Man (novel)

First edition title page

The Manchester Man is a novel by the British writer Isabella Banks. It was first published in three volumes in 1876. The story follows the life of a Manchester resident, Jabez Clegg, during the nineteenth century and his rise to prosperity in the booming industrial city. It depicts a number of real historical events such as the Peterloo Massacre.^[1]

A quotation from the novel forms the epitaph on the tombstone of Tony Wilson, one of the founders of Factory Records in Manchester.^[2]

Film adaptation

In 1920 the novel was adapted into a silent film The Manchester Man directed by Bert Wynne.

References

1. Sutherland p.406
2. Burgoyne, Patrick (2010-10-22). "- Saville and Kelly's memorial to Tony Wilson". Retrieved 5 April 2012.

Bibliography

• Briggs, Asa. Victorian Cities. University of California Press, 1993.
• Sutherland, Joan. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Santford University Press, 1989.

External links

• The Manchester Man public domain audiobook at LibriVox