The Grim Smile of the Five Towns

Unter vielen Tränen wohnt der Maler Praim Farll seiner eigenen Beerdigung bei, nichtsahnend, worauf er sich eingelassen hat. Denn mit dem Namen seines Dieners Henry übernimmt er auch dessen Vergangenheit - und die ist durchaus bewegt. Dabei ist er bereits mit der Bewältigung des tückenreichen Alltags ohne die Hilfe seines Butlers vollends überfordert. Nur eine resolute und lebensfrohe Frau mit deutlichem Cockney-Akzent, wie er sie in Mrs. Alice Challice findet, kann ihn aus dieser misslichen Lage befreien. Doch da taucht plötzlich Henrys angeblich rechtmäßige Ehefrau auf und strengt einen Bigamieprozess an. Und das unerhörte künstlerische Talent des vermeintlichen Butlers bleibt auch nicht lange verborgen ...Arnold Bennett nimmt mit dieser Verwechslungskomödie zugleich das Finanz- wie das Justizwesen, den Zeitungs- ebenso wie den Kunstmarkt Englands aufs Korn. Mit einem großen Talent für Situationskomik und mit scharfzüngiger, aber menschenfreundlicher Ironie schafft er eine Kette turbulenter Szenen voller überraschender Wendungen.

Arnold Bennett's "Anna of the Five Towns" offers a compelling glimpse into life in the heart of industrial Staffordshire. Set amidst the backdrop of the Five Towns during the Industrial Revolution, this work of social realism paints a vivid portrait of a bygone era. Bennett, a master of literary fiction, explores the complexities of city life in Stoke-on-Trent. This historical novel captures the essence of a community grappling with change and the enduring human spirit. "Anna of the Five Towns" remains a powerful and evocative story, exploring themes that continue to resonate with readers today. Experience the timeless appeal of Bennett's masterful storytelling in this meticulously prepared print edition.<BR>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The novel chronicles the rise of Edward Henry Machin from washerwoman's son to Mayor of Bursley. Edward achieves this through luck, initiative and a fair bit of chutzpah.Arnold Bennett was an English writer and journalist. Bennett's novels and much of Bennett's non-fiction work has stood the test of time. One of his most popular non-fiction works, which is still read to this day, is the self-help book How to Live on 24 Hours a Day.

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The hero of The Card, Denry Machin, returns. He is 43 now and beginning to lose his hair. ...About the Author:Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 - 27 March 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as the theatre, journalism, propaganda and films.Bennett was born in a modest house in Hanley in the Potteries district of Staffordshire. Hanley was one of the Six Towns that were joined together at the beginning of the 20th century as Stoke-on-Trent and are depicted as "the Five Towns" in some of Bennett's novels. Enoch Bennett, his father, qualified as a solicitor in 1876, and the family moved to a larger house between Hanley and Burslem. Bennett was educated in Newcastle-under-Lyme.In 1889 Bennett won a literary competition run by the magazine Tit-Bits and was encouraged to take up journalism full-time. In 1894 he became assistant editor of the magazine Woman. He noticed that the material offered by a syndicate to the magazine was not very good, so he wrote a serial that was bought by the syndicate for 75 pounds (equivalent to £10,000 in 2016). He then wrote another. This became The Grand Babylon Hotel. Just over four years later his novel A Man from the North was published to critical acclaim and he became editor of the magazine.In 1900 Bennett gave up the editorship of Woman and dedicated himself to writing full-time. However, he continued to write for newspapers and magazines while finding success in his career as a novelist. In 1926, at the suggestion of Lord Beaverbrook, he began writing an influential weekly article on books for the London newspaper the Evening Standard.One of Bennett's most popular non-fiction works was the self-help book How to Live on 24 Hours a Day. His diaries have yet to be published in full, but extracts from them have often been quoted in the British press.Bennett's output was prodigious and, by his own admission, was based on maximising his income. As Bennett put it:Am I to sit still and see other fellows pocketing two guineas apiece for stories which I can do better myself? Not me. If anyone imagines my sole aim is art for art's sake, they are cruelly deceived. (wikipedia.org)

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