Arnold Bennett
Bennett was the great chronicler of the Five Towns of the Potteries, whose documentary realism brought the texture of provincial industrial life into the novel with unprecedented density. The Old Wives' Tale is his masterpiece, tracing two lives across half a century.
Works
- The Old Wives' TaleMulti-generational saga of two sisters' contrasting lives and fates across decades
- ClayhangerNovel of a pottery manufacturer's son discovering love, duty, and personal ambition
- Anna of the Five TownsIndustrial novel exploring Methodist values and moral conflict in a pottery town
- Riceyman StepsNovel depicting a miser's misguided control and its destructive effects on others
- The CardComic novel of a resourceful man's rise from poverty to prominence through wit