Anna of the Five Towns: A Timeless Classic

by Arnold Bennett

Overview

Anna of the Five Towns is a novel by Arnold Bennett, first published in 1902 and one of his best-known works. 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788834149812
Publisher:	Diamond Book Publishing
Publication date:	07/02/2019
Series:	Arnold Bennett Collection , #2
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) is a novelist whose works include Anna of the Five Towns, The Old Wives' Tale, and the Clayhanger series. He received the James Tait Black Award for his novel Riceyman Steps in 1923.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	i
1	The Kindling of Love	1
2	The Miser's Daughter	16
3	The Birthday	26
4	A Visit	42
5	The Revival	52
6	Willie	62
7	The Sewing Meeting	80
8	On the Bank	100
9	The Treat	119
10	The Isle	137
11	The Downfall	169
12	At the Priory	198
13	The Bazaar	218
14	End of a Simple Soul	228

Editorial Reviews

In the Bennett novels – which at their finest stand up to anything Europe has put out – the artist towers above the man of ideas.Elizabeth Bowen

Elizabeth Bowen

"Arnold Bennett is very much worth reading. This will be contrary to what any of you who might have studied English Literature at university since the last war will have been told, so please park such prejudices." —Daily Telegraph


"Bennett's great novels all deal with the great emotions, though they are revealed through the stories of 'ordinary' people." —Independent on Sunday


"A writer of genius." —Guardian


"Bennett has long been one of my favourite writers." —Peter James

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