Tales of the Five Towns (Arnold Bennett: Classic British Books Book 7)
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Brand: Pearl Necklace Books
Author: Arnold Bennett
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• Two of British author Arnold Bennett's popular books are bound together in this Kindle edition: Tales of the Five Towns & The Price of Love
Tales of the Five Towns (Short Stories)
Bennett wrote extensively about life in the Potteries, drawing on his experience of life in the region where he did most of his best work. This short story collection was first published in 1905.
The Price of Love (A Novel)
Marrying for love is not always easy, particularly in Arnold Bennett’s tale of a young girl who struggles with her disillusionment and society’s expetations. Should she sacrifice herself for an unworthy husband? Will love conquer all?
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 and self-help books.
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 The Book of Carlotta
6. How To Live on 24 Hours a Day
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 (Also called The Card)– 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
Tales of the Five Towns (Short Stories)
Bennett wrote extensively about life in the Potteries, drawing on his experience of life in the region where he did most of his best work. This short story collection was first published in 1905.
The Price of Love (A Novel)
Marrying for love is not always easy, particularly in Arnold Bennett’s tale of a young girl who struggles with her disillusionment and society’s expetations. Should she sacrifice herself for an unworthy husband? Will love conquer all?
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 and self-help books.
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 The Book of Carlotta
6. How To Live on 24 Hours a Day
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 (Also called The Card)– 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
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