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I had never read anything by Arnold Bennett before this, but now definitely want to read more of his. It's a powerful turn of the 20th century novel set in the Potteries, which is said to have been influenced by Balzac and has a similarly grim, closed-in feeling. The heroine, Anna, is the daughter of a rich but miserly businessman, who delights in controlling every aspect of her life, and wants to turn her into someone in his image - but she yearns to escape. The whole community is compellingly
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