# Riceyman Steps — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Riceyman Steps by Arnold Bennett.

- [Riceyman Steps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-i-i-riceyman-steps.md): On an autumn afternoon in 1919, a hatless, limping man in his forties ascends Riceyman Steps in Clerkenwell, stopping on the half-landing to observe the bustling industrial scene below. He is secretly watching a confecti
- [The Customer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-i-ii-the-customer.md): A dapper, well-dressed customer enters Henry Earlforward's bookshop in Riceyman Steps, seeking a Shakespeare edition. Henry shows him various options and eventually sells him a Globe edition for three-and-six. The custom
- [III: The Bookseller at Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-i-iii-the-bookseller-at-home.md): Henry Earlforward is shown in his private den at the back of his bookshop, a cluttered and dusty space. He reflects on his routine, his inheritance from his uncle T. T. Riceyman, and the dramatic story of the Clerkenwell
- [IV: Elsie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-i-iv-elsie.md): Elsie, Mr. Earlforward's charwoman, reveals that she also works for Mrs. Arb, the new proprietress of the confectioner's shop across the street. Mr. Earlforward, intrigued, offers a cookery book for Mrs. Arb but is pleas
- [The Gift](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-i-v-the-gift.md): Mr. Earlforward visits Mrs. Arb's shop under the pretense of offering a cookery book, but the visit becomes a significant social exchange. Mrs. Arb criticizes the neighborhood's lack of culture and vitality, revealing he

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- [Mrs. Arb’s Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-i-vi-mrs-arb-s-case.md)
- [Under an Umbrella](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-i-vii-under-an-umbrella.md)
- [VIII: The Carving-Knife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-i-viii-the-carving-knife.md)
- [IX: Sunday Morning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-i-ix-sunday-morning.md)
- [X: Riceyman Square](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-i-x-riceyman-square.md)
- [Elsie's Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-i-xi-elsie-s-home.md)
- [XII: The Benefactress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-i-xii-the-benefactress.md)
- [XIII: The Passion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-i-xiii-the-passion.md)
- [A Man's Private Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-i-xiv-a-man-s-private-life.md)
- [The Day Before](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-ii-i-the-day-before.md)
- [II: Elsie’s Retreat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-ii-ii-elsie-s-retreat.md)
- [Waxworks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-ii-iii-waxworks.md)
- [IV: Vacuum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-ii-iv-vacuum.md)
- [V: The Priestess](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-ii-v-the-priestess.md)
- [The Next Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-ii-vi-the-next-day.md)
- [I: Early Morning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-iii-i-early-morning.md)
- [After Breakfast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-iii-ii-after-breakfast.md)
- [III: International](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-iii-iii-international.md)
- [IV: Afternoon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-iii-iv-afternoon.md)
- [Tea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-iii-v-tea.md)
- [Evening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-iii-vi-evening.md)
- [I: At the Window](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-iv-i-at-the-window.md)
- [Elsie's Motive](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-iv-ii-elsie-s-motive.md)
- [III: Charity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-iv-iii-charity.md)
- [IV: No Verdict](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-iv-iv-no-verdict.md)
- [Midnight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-iv-v-midnight.md)
- [VI: Henry's Plot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-iv-vi-henry-s-plot.md)
- [VII: The Night-Call](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-iv-vii-the-night-call.md)
- [On the Landing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-iv-viii-on-the-landing.md)
- [IX: Violet's Victory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-iv-ix-violet-s-victory.md)
- [X: Departure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-iv-x-departure.md)
- [II: The Refusal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-v-ii-the-refusal.md)
- [III: The Message of Violet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-v-iii-the-message-of-violet.md)
- [Out of the Rain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-v-iv-out-of-the-rain.md)
- [The Two Patients](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-v-v-the-two-patients.md)
- [VI: The Second Refusal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-v-vi-the-second-refusal.md)
- [VII: Malaria](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-v-vii-malaria.md)
- [A Climax](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-v-viii-a-climax.md)
- [IX: The Kiss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-v-ix-the-kiss.md)
- [X: The Safe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-v-x-the-safe.md)
- [Prison](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-v-xi-prison.md)
- [Asleep](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-v-xii-asleep.md)
- [XIII: Disappearance of T. T.’s](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/riceyman_steps_se/chapters/part-v-xiii-disappearance-of-t-t-s.md)

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