Anna of the Five Towns, Arnold Bennett
Anna of the Five Towns, Arnold Bennett
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Anna of the Five Towns

Author: Arnold Bennett

Narrator: Peter Joyce

Unabridged: 9 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/10/2005

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Set in stifled industrial Staffordshire in the late nineteenth century against a strong evangelical background Anna of the Five Towns tells of the courting of hard businessman Ephraim Tellright's daughter by prosperous and accomplished Henry Mynors. As her father's fortune grows so does Anna's understanding. She realises her legacy and responsibility for the possible ruination of her father's tenants Titus Price and his son Willie, who also loves her. Mynors is soon in partnership with Tellright. Will Anna defy the miserly Ephraim, offend Mynors, with their marriage imminent, and help the unfortunate Prices or subdue her instincts and resign herself to the way of Business?

About Arnold Bennett

Arnold Bennett was a prolific English novelist and leading realist author during the early twentieth century. In addition to his fictional work, he also wrote selected nonfiction and criticism, including his insightful book How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dafne on November 27, 2017

Sconosciuto. Fino a pochi mesi fa, per me, questa parola rispecchiava questo romanzo e il suo autore. Avevo già sentito nominare o avevo letto questo titolo da qualche parte, ma non sapevo qual’era la sua trama. Complice un’interessante recensione che ho letto proprio qui su internet, in cui si dice......more

Goodreads review by Sherrie on November 08, 2022

I liked this once I got used to the stilted writing style, which was quite contemporary for the time. I found Anna quite naive and timid, living in the shadow of her miserly father. But her life changed when she inherited a fortune. A sad and unexpected ending.......more