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Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett is a timeless popular classic, originally published in 1902. It tells the story of Anna Tellwright, a strong-willed, independent woman living in the five small towns of the Potteries district in England. Anna struggles against the societal... Read Full Overview

Anna of the Five Towns is a novel by Arnold Bennett, first published in 1902 and one of his best-known works. Plot summary The plot centres on Anna Tellwright, daughter of a wealthy but miserly and dictatorial father, living in the Potteries area of Staffordshire, England. Her... Read Full Overview

Miserly and mysterious, the richest man in the Five Towns lives simply, ruling his household with an iron fist and a cruel temper. His daughter, Anna, is used to the life of strict, thrifty order imposed by her father. But when she comes of age, Anna inherits a small fortune... Read Full Overview

'Deeply moving, original, and dealing with material that I had never encountered in fiction, but only in life' Margaret Drabble

What would you do if your money-grubbing father decided to marry you off to someone you loathed, against your express wishes? That's precisely the dilemma facing virtuous Anna Tellwright in Arnold Bennett's juicy potboiler Anna of the Five Towns. Will Anna muster up the courage... Read Full Overview

Anna of the Five Towns is a novel by Arnold Bennett, first published in 1902 and one of his best-known works.Anna lives with her young step-sister Agnes and her twice-widowed father, Ephraim Tellwright, in Bursley. The latter, once an active preacher and teacher in the Methodist... Read Full Overview

Both have as a central character a young girl dominated by a miserly father; both women are wooed for their money, fall in love unsuitably and courageously defy their parents.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Anna of The Five Towns

Anna of the Five Towns is a novel by English author Arnold Bennett, first published in 1902. One of his best known works, it tells the story of Anna Tellwright, who lives in Staffordshire, England. Her father is a wealthy man, but also very authoritarian, and in addition, Anna... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was a British writer and journalist. Bennett is perhaps best known for non-fiction works such as How to Live on 24 Hours a Day and Mental Efficiency.