The Old Wives' Tale, Grand Babylon Hotel & Anna of the Five Towns: ARNOLD BENNETT (Arnold Bennett: Classic British Books Book 12)
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Brand: Pearl Necklace Books
Author: Arnold Bennett
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• Three of British author Arnold Bennett's most notable works of fiction are bound together in this Kindle book: The Old Wives' Tale, The Grand Babylon Hotel and Anna of the Five Towns.
The Old Wives' Tale
"With psychological acuity and compassionate humour, Bennett weaves through the lives of two sisters from the 1840s to 1905, one in a small Midlands town, the other in Paris," -- The Sunday Times of London:
The Old Wives' Tale is the story of sisters Sophia and Constance, who grow up in their bedridden father's shop. Sophia elopes with a travelling salesman while Constance marries Mr Povey, who works in the shop. Their lives take different paths until they are reunited once again, in the home that they once lived in as children.
The Grand Babylon Hotel
American millionaire Theodore Racksole and his daughter are staying at the exclusive Grand Babylon Hotel when Nella orders a steak and beer. Her request is refused, so her father buys the entire hotel to give her what she desires. Stranger things are happening in the hotel, however... including the disappearance of Miss Spencer, the pretty, hotel clerk.
Anna of the Five Towns
Anna Tellwright's life is controlled by her father and the Methodist church. She struggles for freedom and independence, wanting to help Willie Price, whose father committed suicide after a bankruptcy. She is courted by the town's most eligible bachelor, but does her heart already belong to Willie?
About the Author
“My mother is far too clever to understand anything she doesn't like.”
– Arnold Bennett
Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867 –1931) was an English novelist who also wrote non-fiction books and worked in journalism, propaganda and film.
Bennett had a modest upbringing. His father, Trent. Enoch Bennett, was a solicitor and the two tried to work together unsuccessfully, perhaps triggering his novels’ recurrent theme of parental miserliness.
Bennett won a literary competition in a magazine in 1889 and took up writing and journalism full-time from then on, publishing dozens of books.
While Bennett butted heads with the Bloomsbury set including Virginia Woolf, English critic John Carey praised Bennett in his 1992 book, The Intellectuals and the Masses, saying Bennett’s books "represent a systematic dismemberment of the intellectuals' case against the masses".
His best-known and admired books include The Old Wives Tale, Anna of the Five Towns, The Grand Babylon Hotel and the trilogy Clayhanger, Hilda Lessways and These Twain.
SERIES: Arnold Bennett: Classic British Books
The Arnold Bennett fiction series covers his first two decades of writing between 1902 and 1922 in which he wrote two dozen novels and published several short story collections
Each Kindle book, published by Pearl Necklace Books and available through Amazon, includes at least one bonus novel in every edition
1. The Grand Babylon Hotel – 1902
2. Anna of the Five Towns – 1902
3. Leonora – 1903
4. A Great Man – 1904
5. Sacred and Profane Love – 1905 (Republished in 1911 as 6. The Book of Carlotta)
7. Tales of the Five Towns – 1905 (short story collection)
8. Hugo – 1906
9. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns – (short stories 1907)
10. The Ghost--a Modern Fantasy – 1907
11. Buried Alive – 1908
12. The Old Wives' Tale – 1908
13. The Card – 1910
14. Clayhanger – 1910 (the start of the four-book series including: Clayhanger,Hilda Lessways, These Twain)
15. Denry the Audacious – 1910
16. Helen with a High Hand – 1910
17. Hilda Lessways – 1911
18. The Matador of the Five Towns – (short stories 1912)
19. The Regent – 1913 (aka America as The Old Adam)
20. The Price of Love – 1914
21. These Twain – 1916
22. The Pretty Lady – 1918
23. The Roll-Call – 1918
24. Mr Prohack – 1922
The Old Wives' Tale
"With psychological acuity and compassionate humour, Bennett weaves through the lives of two sisters from the 1840s to 1905, one in a small Midlands town, the other in Paris," -- The Sunday Times of London:
The Old Wives' Tale is the story of sisters Sophia and Constance, who grow up in their bedridden father's shop. Sophia elopes with a travelling salesman while Constance marries Mr Povey, who works in the shop. Their lives take different paths until they are reunited once again, in the home that they once lived in as children.
The Grand Babylon Hotel
American millionaire Theodore Racksole and his daughter are staying at the exclusive Grand Babylon Hotel when Nella orders a steak and beer. Her request is refused, so her father buys the entire hotel to give her what she desires. Stranger things are happening in the hotel, however... including the disappearance of Miss Spencer, the pretty, hotel clerk.
Anna of the Five Towns
Anna Tellwright's life is controlled by her father and the Methodist church. She struggles for freedom and independence, wanting to help Willie Price, whose father committed suicide after a bankruptcy. She is courted by the town's most eligible bachelor, but does her heart already belong to Willie?
About the Author
“My mother is far too clever to understand anything she doesn't like.”
– Arnold Bennett
Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867 –1931) was an English novelist who also wrote non-fiction books and worked in journalism, propaganda and film.
Bennett had a modest upbringing. His father, Trent. Enoch Bennett, was a solicitor and the two tried to work together unsuccessfully, perhaps triggering his novels’ recurrent theme of parental miserliness.
Bennett won a literary competition in a magazine in 1889 and took up writing and journalism full-time from then on, publishing dozens of books.
While Bennett butted heads with the Bloomsbury set including Virginia Woolf, English critic John Carey praised Bennett in his 1992 book, The Intellectuals and the Masses, saying Bennett’s books "represent a systematic dismemberment of the intellectuals' case against the masses".
His best-known and admired books include The Old Wives Tale, Anna of the Five Towns, The Grand Babylon Hotel and the trilogy Clayhanger, Hilda Lessways and These Twain.
SERIES: Arnold Bennett: Classic British Books
The Arnold Bennett fiction series covers his first two decades of writing between 1902 and 1922 in which he wrote two dozen novels and published several short story collections
Each Kindle book, published by Pearl Necklace Books and available through Amazon, includes at least one bonus novel in every edition
1. The Grand Babylon Hotel – 1902
2. Anna of the Five Towns – 1902
3. Leonora – 1903
4. A Great Man – 1904
5. Sacred and Profane Love – 1905 (Republished in 1911 as 6. The Book of Carlotta)
7. Tales of the Five Towns – 1905 (short story collection)
8. Hugo – 1906
9. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns – (short stories 1907)
10. The Ghost--a Modern Fantasy – 1907
11. Buried Alive – 1908
12. The Old Wives' Tale – 1908
13. The Card – 1910
14. Clayhanger – 1910 (the start of the four-book series including: Clayhanger,Hilda Lessways, These Twain)
15. Denry the Audacious – 1910
16. Helen with a High Hand – 1910
17. Hilda Lessways – 1911
18. The Matador of the Five Towns – (short stories 1912)
19. The Regent – 1913 (aka America as The Old Adam)
20. The Price of Love – 1914
21. These Twain – 1916
22. The Pretty Lady – 1918
23. The Roll-Call – 1918
24. Mr Prohack – 1922