Tales of the Five Towns, E-bok
At turns humorous, poignant, gripping, and occasionally tragic, this collection of short stories is peopled by a rich cast of characters. No one is all good or all bad in this volume, which includes A Letter Home , Bennett’s first short story. Tales of the Five Towns delves further into the lives of the residents of the fictional Five Towns , based on Bennett’s native Stoke-on-Trent, that Bennett also explores in novels like Anna of the Five Towns (1902) and The Clayhanger Family (1925).Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was a British novelist, playwright, critic, and essayist and a key literary figure of his time. His most famous works include The Old Wives Tale (1908), The Clayhanger Family (1925), and The Card (1911). He also wrote a series of self-improvement books.