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Arnold Bennett was a prolific British writer who penned dozens of works across all genres, from adventurous fiction to propaganda and nonfiction. He wrote plays like Judith and historical novels like Tales of the Five Towns.

A comic gem of Arnold Bennett, Henry Leek is mistaken for Priam Farll at his death and is buried with every bit of ceremony in Westminster Abbey. Posing as Leek, Priam Farll makes his way through his new life, before Farll hid as a recluse due to his crippling shyness. With the... Read Full Overview

Priam Farll es el m s reputado pintor de Inglaterra: c lebre por sus cuadros sobre polic as y ping inos, es adorado por el p blico y la cr tica. T mido como un cervatillo, nadie conoce su aspecto, pues lleva a os viviendo en el extranjero junto con su criado Henry Leek, un granuja... Read Full Overview

Priam Farll is the most renowned painter in England: famous for his paintings of policemen and penguins, he is adored by the public and critics. Shy as a fawn, no one knows what he looks like, having spent years living abroad with his servant Henry Leek, a rascal of tome and... Read Full Overview

Arnold Bennett was a prolific British writer who penned dozens of works across all genres, from adventurous fiction to propaganda and nonfiction. He wrote plays like "Judith" and historical novels "like Tales of the Five Towns."

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

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

Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days is a novel written by Arnold Bennett and published in 1908. It is set in London and follows the life of a successful businessman named Priam Farll. After the death of his wife, Farll decides to retire from public life and live a reclusive existence... Read Full Overview

The peculiar angle of the earth's axis to the plane of the ecliptic--that angle whichis chiefly responsible for our geography and therefore for our history--had causedthe phenomenon known in London as summer. The whizzing globe happened tohave turned its most civilized face away... Read Full Overview

Buried Alive