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Arnold Bennett

Born

in Hanley, Staffordshire, The United Kingdom

May 27, 1867

Died

March 27, 1931

Website

http://www.arnoldbennettsociety.org.uk

Genre

Fiction

Influences

Guy de Maupassant; Emile Zola

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Enoch Arnold Bennett (always known as Arnold Bennett) was one of the most remarkable literary figures of his time, a product of the English Potteries that he made famous as the Five Towns. Yet he could hardly wait to escape his home town, and he did so by the sheer force of his ambition to succeed as an author. In his time he turned his hand to every kind of writing, but he will be remembered for such novels as The Old Wives' Tale, the Clayhanger trilogy (Clayhanger, Hilda Lessways, and These Twain), and The Card. He also wrote such intriguing self-improvement books as Literary Taste, How To Live on 24 Hours a Day, The Human Machine, etc.

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	The Old Wives' Tale 3.83 avg rating — 3,877 ratings — published 1908 — 156 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Live on 24 Hours a Day 3.66 avg rating — 4,627 ratings — published 1908 — 400 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anna of the Five Towns 3.64 avg rating — 1,135 ratings — published 1902 — 125 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grand Babylon Hotel by Arnold Bennett, Frank Swinnerton (Introduction) 3.43 avg rating — 678 ratings — published 1902 — 148 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Card: A Story of Adventure in the Five Towns 3.86 avg rating — 445 ratings — published 1911 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett, Frank Swinnerton (Introduction) 4.03 avg rating — 346 ratings — published 1910 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Human Machine 3.80 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 1908 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Riceyman Steps 3.85 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 1923 — 117 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buried Alive 3.64 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 1908 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hilda Lessways 3.88 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 1911 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Five Towns (11 books)
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Quotes by Arnold Bennett

“The chief beauty about time
is that you cannot waste it in advance.
The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you,
as perfect, as unspoiled,
as if you had never wasted or misapplied
a single moment in all your life.
You can turn over a new leaf every hour
if you choose.”
― Arnold Bennett

tags: faith, hope, new-beginnings, new-day, time

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“The proper, wise balancing of one's whole life may depend upon the feasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual hour.”
― Arnold Bennett, How to Live on 24 Hours a Day

tags: tea, time

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“Any change, even a change for the better is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.”
― Arnold Bennett

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Darkness Falls from the Air by Nigel Balchin

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Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett

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How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn

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