On The Staircase is a novel written by Frank Swinnerton and published in 1914. The story follows the life of a young man named John Ladislaw, who is struggling to find his place in the world. John is a dreamer, constantly lost in his own thoughts and imagination, and he longs for something more than the mundane life he is living.As the story unfolds, John becomes involved with a group of artists and writers, who introduce him to a world of creativity...