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THE PLAIN MAN AND HIS WIFE
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 50

THE PLAIN MAN AND HIS WIFE

Arnold Bennett's "The Plain Man and His Wife" is a transferring study normal lifestyles, love, and how complex relationships may be. Bennett is a grasp storyteller who units his memories in England inside the early 1900s and shows how complex both the everyday and the deep may be. The book is frequently approximately Mr. And Mrs. Baines's lives, who're said to be a normal couple going through the tough components of everyday existence. Bennett's short observations and sensible writing make the ordinary extra exciting through weaving together a web of feelings and stories. The characters struggle with social expectations, their own dreams, and the way their courting works, which creates a tal...

The Old Wives’ Tale
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1072

The Old Wives’ Tale

The Old Wives' Tale is a novel by Arnold Bennett, first published in 1908. It deals with the lives of two very different sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines, following their stories from their youth, working in their mother's draper's shop, into old age. It covers a period of about 70 years from roughly 1840 to 1905, and is set in Burslem and Paris. It is generally regarded as one of Bennett's finest works.

Five Towns: The Complete Collection
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 3081

Five Towns: The Complete Collection

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-11-13
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  • Publisher: DigiCat

Arnold Bennett was born in a modest house in Hanley in the Potteries district of Staffordshire. Hanley was one of the Six Towns that were joined together at the beginning of the 20th century as Stoke-on-Trent. Bennett depicted Stoke-on-Trent as "the Five Towns" and it is a common location for his novels and stories. Anna of the Five Towns, was the first of Bennett's novels about life in the Staffordshire Potteries. The Clayhanger Family and The Old Wives' Tale also draw on the experience of life in the Potteries, as did several of his other novels. A Man from the North Anna of the Five Towns Tales of the Five Towns The Grim Smile of the Five Towns The Old Wives' Tale Clayhanger The Card: A Story of Adventure in the Five Towns Hilda Lessways The Matador Of The Five Towns These Twain The Roll-Call

A Man from the North
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 100

A Man from the North

A Man from the North was Arnold Bennett's first novel - published in 1898. Fleeing a drab and dead-end existence, Richard Larch moves south from Bursley to London, intent upon pursuing a career as a writer. Great things are expected of him by those he has left behind, but will he fulfil their expectations and publish a novel, or be consumed by all the metropolis has to offer? He is also looking for companionship and love, but finds his high hopes dashed when life in the capital is fraught with difficulties, and the glittering career proves to be more elusive than anticipated.

The Complete Works of Arnold Bennett
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 10423

The Complete Works of Arnold Bennett

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2023-11-09
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  • Publisher: DigiCat

This meticulously edited Arnold Bennett collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Novels: A Man from the North The Grand Babylon Hotel Anna of the Five Towns Leonora A Great Man Teresa of Watling Street Sacred and Profane Love Hugo The Ghost- A Modern Fantasy The City of Pleasure: A Fantasia on Modern Themes Buried Alive The Old Wives' Tale Clayhanger Denry the Audacious Helen with the High Hand The Card Hilda Lessways The Plain Man and His Wife The Regent: A Five Towns Story of Adventure in London The Price of Love From the log of the Velsa These Twain The Pretty Lady The Roll-Call The Lion's Share Mr.Prohack Lilian Riceyman Steps Elsie and t...

The Five Towns Series
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 3080

The Five Towns Series

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2023-11-10
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  • Publisher: DigiCat

Arnold Bennett was born in a modest house in Hanley in the Potteries district of Staffordshire. Hanley was one of the Six Towns that were joined together at the beginning of the 20th century as Stoke-on-Trent. Bennett depicted Stoke-on-Trent as "the Five Towns" and it is a common location for his novels and stories. Anna of the Five Towns, was the first of Bennett's novels about life in the Staffordshire Potteries. The Clayhanger Family and The Old Wives' Tale also draw on the experience of life in the Potteries, as did several of his other novels. A Man from the North Anna of the Five Towns Tales of the Five Towns The Grim Smile of the Five Towns The Old Wives' Tale Clayhanger The Card: A Story of Adventure in the Five Towns Hilda Lessways The Matador Of The Five Towns These Twain The Roll-Call

Anna of the Five Towns; a Novel, By Arnold Bennett (World's Classics)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 124

Anna of the Five Towns; a Novel, By Arnold Bennett (World's Classics)

Anna of the Five Towns is a novel by Arnold Bennett, first published in 1902 and one of his best-known works. Plot summary The plot centres on Anna Tellwright, daughter of a wealthy but miserly and dictatorial father, living in the Potteries area of Staffordshire, England. Her activities are strictly controlled by the Methodist church. The novel tells of Anna's struggle for freedom and independence against her father's restraints, and her inward battle between wanting to please her father and wanting to help Willie Price whose father, Titus Price, commits suicide after falling into bankruptcy and debt. During the novel, Anna is courted by the town's most eligible bachelor Henry Mynors, and a...

ARNOLD BENNETT Ultimate Collection
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 8595

ARNOLD BENNETT Ultimate Collection

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2023-11-08
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  • Publisher: DigiCat

This carefully crafted ebook: "ARNOLD BENNETT Ultimate Collection" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Novels: A Man from the North The Grand Babylon Hotel Anna of the Five Towns Leonora A Great Man Teresa of Watling Street Sacred and Profane Love Hugo The Ghost- A Modern Fantasy The City of Pleasure: A Fantasia on Modern Themes Buried Alive The Old Wives' Tale Clayhanger Denry the Audacious Helen with the High Hand The Card Hilda Lessways The Plain Man and His Wife The Regent: A Five Towns Story of Adventure in London The Price of Love From the log of the Velsa These Twain The Pretty Lady The Roll-Call The Lion's Share Mr.Prohack Lilian Riceyman S...

These Twain
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 490

These Twain

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-05-25
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  • Publisher: DigiCat

This book is the final volume in the Clayhanger novels, following Clayhanger and Hilda Lessways. In many ways this is the most accomplished of the three novels, for Bennett, drawing together the threads of his trilogy, presents already-established personalities in confrontation. Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867—1931), British novelist, playwright, critic, and essayist whose major works form an important link between the English novel and the mainstream of European realism. He also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film.

The Grim Smile of the Five Towns
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 124

The Grim Smile of the Five Towns

The Grim Smile of the Five Towns is the second major collection of stories written by Arnold Bennett. The book first appeared in print in June 1907. Stories "The Lion's Share." "Baby's Bath." "The Silent Brothers." "The Nineteenth Hat." "Vera's First Christmas Adventure." "The Murder of the Mandarin." "Vera's Second Christmas." "The Burglary." "News of the Engagement." "Beginning of the New Year." "From One Generation to Another." "The Death of Simon Fuge." "In a New Bottle."