Arnold Bennett | |
| Born |
1867
|
|---|---|
| Died |
1931 (aged 64)
|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Literary Fiction, Satire |
| Nationality | English |
| Gender | Male |
Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) was an English author known for his novels and essays, including “The Old Wives’ Tale” and “Clayhanger.” His works often explored the lives and aspirations of people in the Five Towns, reflecting his Staffordshire roots.
Short Stories written by Arnold Bennett
A Letter Home 1895 - Rain was fallingit had fallen steadily through the nightbut the sky showed promise of fairer weather. As the first streaks… ... Read more
An Unfair Advantage 1894 - I James Peake and his wife, and Enoch Lovatt, his wife's half-sister's husband, and Randolph Sneyd, the architect, were just… ... Read more
Catching the Train 1894 - I Arthur Cotterill awoke. It was not exactly with a start that he awoke, but rather with a swift premonition… ... Read more
Half-a-Sovereign 1894 - The scene was the up-platform of Knype railway station on a summer afternoon, and, more particularly, that part of the… ... Read more
Hot Potatoes 1894 - I It was considered by certain people to be a dramatic moment in the history of musical enterprise in the… ... Read more
Jock-at-a-Venture 1894 - I All this happened at a Martinmas Fair in Bursley, long ago in the fifties, when everybody throughout the Five… ... Read more
Mimi 1894 - I On a Saturday afternoon in late October Edward Coe, a satisfactory average successful man of thirty-five, was walking slowly… ... Read more
The Blue Suit 1894 - I was just going into my tailor's in Sackville Street, when who should be coming out of the same establishment… ... Read more
The Cat and Cupid 1894 - I The secret history of the Ebag marriage is now printed for the first time. The Ebag family, who prefer… ... Read more
The Fortune Teller 1894 - I The prologue to this somewhat dramatic history was of the simplest. The affair came to a climax, if one… ... Read more
The Glimpse 1894 - I When I was dying I had no fear. I was simply indifferent, partly, no doubt, through exhaustion caused by… ... Read more
The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick 1894 - I "Have you heard about Tommy Chadwick?" one gossip asked another in Bursley. "No." "He's a tram-conductor now." This information… ... Read more
The Letter and the Lie 1894 - I As he hurried from his brougham through the sombre hall to his study, leaving his secretary far in the… ... Read more
The Long-Lost Uncle 1894 - On a recent visit to the Five Towns I was sitting with my old schoolmaster, who, by the way, is… ... Read more
The Revolver 1894 - When friends observed his occasional limp, Alderman Keats would say, with an air of false casualness, "Oh, a touch of… ... Read more
The Supreme Illusion 1894 - I Perhaps it was because I was in a state of excited annoyance that I did not recognize him until… ... Read more
The Tiger and the Baby 1894 - I George Peel and Mary, his wife, sat down to breakfast. Their only son, Georgie, was already seated. George the… ... Read more
The Tight Hand 1894 - I The tight hand was Mrs Garlick's. A miser, she was not the ordinary miser, being exceptional in the fact… ... Read more
The Widow of the Balcony 1894 - I They stood at the window of her boudoir in the new house which Stephen Cheswardine had recently bought at… ... Read more
Three Episodes in the Life of Mr Cowlishaw, Dentist 1894 - I They all happened on the same day. And that day was a Saturday, the red Saturday on which, in… ... Read more
Under the Clock 1894 - I It was one of those swift and violent marriages which occur when the interested parties are so severely wounded… ... Read more
Why the Clock Stopped 1894 - I Mr Morfe and Mary Morfe, his sister, were sitting on either side of their drawing-room fire, on a Friday… ... Read more
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