ARNOLD BENNETT Ultimate Collection (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. The Old Wives' Tale, How to Live on 24 Hours a Day, Riceyman Steps, Mental Efficiency and Other Hints to Men and Women, The Human Machine, Anna of the Five TownsBy Arnold Bennett
Length361h 10m
About this audiobook
ARNOLD BENNETT Ultimate Collection gathers the essential range of Bennett's fiction and prose, from the celebrated Five Towns novels to shorter works and reflective essays that display his disciplined realism. His art lies in transforming provincial shops, parlours, factories, and family economies into sites of moral pressure and social change. Written in a lucid, observant Edwardian style, these works stand between Victorian social realism and modernist experimentation, valuing character, routine, and material circumstance as keys to inner life. Arnold Bennett (1867–1931), born in the Staffordshire Potteries, drew deeply on the industrial landscape and middle-class culture of his youth. His experience as a clerk, journalist, editor, and cosmopolitan man of letters sharpened his interest in ambition, class mobility, commerce, and self-fashioning. Though sometimes dismissed by modernists, Bennett remains one of the most perceptive chroniclers of English provincial modernity. This collection is recommended for readers seeking a broad introduction to a major yet often undervalued novelist. It rewards those interested in social history, realistic fiction, and the subtle drama of ordinary lives shaped by time, work, money, and desire.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length361 hrs 10 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 25, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1ARNOLD BENNETT Ultimate Collection (Annotated)
26Chapter XX
2Introduction
27Chapter XXI
3Historical Context
28Chapter XXII
4Synopsis (Selection)
29Chapter XXIII
5Novels
30Chapter XXIV
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6A Man from the North
31Chapter XXV
7Chapter I
32Chapter XXVI
8Chapter II
33Chapter XXVII
9Chapter III
34Chapter XXVIII
10Chapter IV
35Chapter XXIX
11Chapter V
36Chapter XXX
12Chapter VI
37Chapter XXXI
13Chapter VII
38Chapter XXXII
14Chapter VIII
39The Grand Babylon Hotel
15Chapter IX
40Chapter I. The Millionaire and the Waiter
16Chapter X
41Chapter II. How Mr Racksole Obtained His Dinner
17Chapter XI
42Chapter III. At Three A.M.
18Chapter XII
43Chapter IV. Entrance of the Prince
19Chapter XIII
44Chapter V. What Occurred to Reginald Dimmock
20Chapter XIV
45Chapter VI. In the Gold Room
21Chapter XV
46Chapter VII. Nella and the Prince
22Chapter XVI
47Chapter VIII. Arrival and Departure of the Baroness
23Chapter XVII
48Chapter IX. Two Women and the Revolver
24Chapter XVIII
49Chapter X. At Sea
25Chapter XIX
50Chapter XI. The Court Pawnbroker
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