The Manchester Man (novel)

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.

They christen him Jabez Clegg and he is educated as a Blue Coat Boy at Chetham's Hospital School under the supervision of clergyman Joshua Brookes.

The novel includes appendices in which the author delineates the historical versus fictional content.

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

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