Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe

He tells him so, because he heard about Jack’s being at Winnie’s place, and that her husband is looking for him. And so, Arthur goes home with Winnie, and sleeps with her.Ī few days later, Jack warns Arthur that Winnie’s husband is home again. She is at home all alone, because her husband is away in the army. When Brenda has gone to bed, Arthur goes to the pub, the same evening. Aunt Ada tells him a way of abortion: the girl has to sit in a hot bath, while drinking a pint of gin.Īrthur and a feeble-minded friend of Brenda’s help Brenda to carry out the instructions told by Aunt Ada, which will turn out successfully later on.

Searching for a solution, he visits his Aunt Ada, who has eleven children. But then she threatens him to make trouble for him, unless something is done.

But Arthur is not the type to worry about such things, so he doesn’t care about Brenda’s problems. She doesn’t feel happy about this, because she didn’t want another child. One day, Brenda tells Arthur she is pregnant and that it is his fault. On the other hand, Jack is Arthur’s best friend. Jack is the husband of Brenda, with who he is sleeping with. During the tea breaks at the factory he talks to Jack. You can say Arthur is a big spender, the money he earns, he spends it directly on clothes, drinks, cigarettes, and spending it with women. But he makes sure he is working just that hard, earning enough without working too hard. Arthur’s job is quite dull, but he does not care, ‘cause it pays well at the end, and it offers him time enough to think about other things. The whole family is a working class-family, and working in the same bicycle factory. On Monday, Arthur goes to his work, together with his father and brother. The next morning he leaves the house by front door, just when Brenda’s husband is coming through the front door, returning home from his nightshift. She is the wife of one of his colleague’s. He is so drunk, that he falls from the stairs, he vomits all over a couple and he spends the night in the bed of Brenda. 1958 Arthur Seaton (22) has worked in a bicycle factory in Nottingham since he was 15, except for two years, when he was serving his military-duty.Īt a Saturday-night at the White Horse Pub, Arthur is boozing again.

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe