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Anna of the Five Towns

Arnold Bennett

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 191 pages

Anna of the Five Towns is a novel by Arnold Bennett set in the industrial Potteries, the 'Five Towns' of Staffordshire. It follows Anna Tellwright, a young Methodist woman in a strict household, as an unexpected inheritance forces her to weigh duty, family, and desire. Its vivid provincial setting and quiet psychological insight make it rewarding.

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Text source: standardebooks.org · The work is in the public domain.

Opening of the book

I DEDICATE THIS BOOK
WITH AFFECTION AND ADMIRATION
ТО
HERBERT SHARPE
AN ARTIST
WHOSE INDIVIDUALITY AND ACHIEVEMENT
HAVE CONTINUALLY INSPIRED ME

“Therefore, although it be a history
Homely and rude, I will relate the same
For the delight of a few natural hearts.”

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Contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Epigraph
  3. Endnotes

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