An Arnold Bennett calendar: A quotation from Arnold Bennett for every day in the year

The Arnold Bennett Calendar

Enoch Arnold Bennett was born at Hanley-in-the-Potteries (one of the Five Towns frequently appearing in his writings) on 27th May 1867. He was educated at the endowed Middle School, Newcastle-under-Lyme, and matriculated in the London University. From school he went into the office of his father, who practised as a solicitor at Hanley, and stayed with him until 1889, when he took a post in a solicitors office in London, which he held until 1893. In that year he abandoned the law finally to become assistant editor of Woman, and succeeded to the editorship in 1896. This post he resigned in 1900 to devote himself exclusively to literature. In the meantime several of his works had been issued, the first being A Man from the North (1898) and a handbook, Journalism for Women, followed in the next year by the publication of a volume of plays, Polite Farces, his first experiments in drama. Afterwards appeared in rapid succession nine other novels, two volumes of short stories, seven volumes of belles-lettres, and seven fantasias. Besides these he wrote two plays, Cupid and Common-Sense, produced by the Stage Society in 1908, and What the Public Wants, also produced by the Stage Society in 1909, and afterwards by Mr. Hawtrey at the New Royalty Theatre. Both[vi] these plays were subsequently staged in Glasgow, and by Miss Hornimans Company. The most important of his publications include:among novels, Leonora, A Great Man, Sacred and Profane Love, Whom God Hath Joined, The Old Wives Tale, and Clayhanger; among the belles-lettres, The Truth about an Author, Literary Taste, The Reasonable Life, The Human Machine, and How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day (the last four contributed originally to T. P.s Weekly, and containing indications of Mr. Bennetts theories of life); and in the short stories, Tales of the Five Towns, and The Grim Smile of the Five Towns. Mr. Bennett has very definite leanings towards Socialism, and, under a pseudonym, writes regularly for The New Age. He also contributes from time to time to the most important progressive weekly and monthly magazines. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 64933
Author: Bennett, Arnold
Release Date: Mar 27, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English