Anna of the Five Towns

by Arnold Bennett

Overview

Anna, a reserved and subtle woman of great integrity, lives with her overbearing and miserly father. Wooed for her money by the darkly handsome Henry Mynors, Anna courageously defies her father's wrathful indignation. But the complex passions aroused lead to tragedy and heartache. Set in the Potteries against a background of dour Wesleyan Methodism, Anna of the Five Towns is a brilliantly perceptive novel of provincial life in Victorian England.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781983831799
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	01/24/2018
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.43(d)

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

"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

From the Publisher

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