Love on the Dole"As a novel it stands very high, but it is in its qualities as a "social document" that its great value lies." --"Times Literary Supplement " In Hanky Park, near Salford, Harry and Sally Hardcastle grow up in a society preoccupied with grinding poverty, exploited by bookies and pawnbrokers, bullied by petty officials and living in constant fear of the dole queue and the Means Test. His love affair with a local girl ends in a shotgun marriage, and, disowned by his family, Harry is tempted by crime. Sally, meanwhile, falls in love with Larry Meath, a self-educated Marxist. But Larry is a sick man and there are other more powerful rivals for her affection. |
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User Review - PilgrimJess - LibraryThing“Altogether, a pleasant place, marred by activities of unpleasant people whose qualities, perhaps, are sad reflections of sadder environments.” Love on the Dole centres on the Hardcastle family and ... Read full review
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User Review - otterley - LibraryThingThis is really a book about poverty - and feels as relevant now as in the 1930s, when it was written, and when it caused a huge stir (less likely nowadays). Set in Salford, it focuses on a community ... Read full review