The Gambling Man Catherine Cookson Plot
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The Gambling Man by Catherine Cookson
The Gambling Man Catherine Cookson Plot Summary
Rory Connor is a gambling man plain and simple. Born into a poor family, even his mum knows that someday he will make something of himself. He collects rents from the local habitants for the local gentry. The patriarch dies, leaving his plain, spinster daughter to carry on the family business. Catherine Cookson: The Gambling Man. Geordie heartthrob Robson Green stars in this feature-length 19th century drama. A rent collector in South Shields uses his talents as a card player to improve his lot.
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bookshelves: spring-2014, film-only, published-1975, gambling, filthy-lucre, britain-england, county-durham, bullies, casual-violence, conflagration
Read from April 22 to 23, 2014
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Description: Rory Connor was a gambling man and he had a gambler's luck. From the day he was born, his mother had known that Rory would be the one to make something of his life. At seven years old he was earning money from odd jobs and by fourteen he was in full-time work. By the time he had escaped the factory to become a rent-collector. Now, at twenty three, ambition was in full flow and he was always looking to bigger and better games to play. He feared nothing and nobody, not even the unscrupulous landlord he collected for. For an ordinary working lad, he was doing well - until one day his luck changed and suddenly things did not go as smoothly as he was used to...
Ay-up! looksee here: it's Robson Green. Watch here. This story is slightly different; usually Cookson's stories centre on strong women who persevere through to make a better life regardless what is thrown at them.
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