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Arnold Bennett was born Enoch Arnold Bennett in the Potteries, a section of England that was to provide many of the scenes for his writing. He worked at a variety of jobs and eventually became ...
PDF Cite. Arnold Bennett was, above all, a professional writer. He wrote numerous novels, plays, short stories, and books of commentary; he also wrote one of the most influential columns on the ...
Broomfield, Olga R. Q. Arnold Bennett. Boston: Twayne, 1984. Bennett considered The Old Wives’ Tale a masterpiece. The book demonstrates that in the emotional lives of individuals, the degrees ...
Summary. PDF Cite. The Old Wives’ Tale is generally considered to be Benett’s masterpiece. It captures both the provincial and cosmopolitan worlds that were the basis of both his life and his ...
Bauer, H. P. “Spiritual Maternity and Self-Fulfillment in Arnold Bennett’s Anna of the Five Towns.” In The Anna Book: Searching for Anna in Literary History , edited by Mickey Pearlman ...
The City of Pleasure. Bennett’s novel The City of Pleasure (1907) is an effort to contrast two persons who operate a giant amusement park in London. The story actually centers on crime, suspense ...
Arnold Bennett World Literature Analysis. Bennett’s highest literary ambition was to become the English Flaubert. Profoundly influenced by Gustave Flaubert’s novel Madame Bovary (1857; English ...
Complete summary of Arnold Bennett's Anna of the Five Towns. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Anna of the Five Towns. Select an area of the website to search All Study ...
Essays and criticism on Arnold Bennett, including the works A Man from the North, Anna of the Five Towns, The Old Wives’ Tale, Clayhanger, Hilda Lessways, These Twain, Riceyman Steps, Final ...
Cyril Povey, Constance and Sam’s son. Thoroughly spoiled as a child and thoughtless and inconsiderate as a man, he is wholly indifferent to his mother’s need for his affection. Maria Insull ...
