Arnold Bennett

by Walter Allen

This is a title in the publisher's English Novelists series, a unique group of books intended for a general audience, most of them 100 pages in length. 1948, hardcover edition, Home & Van Thal Ltd., London, U.K. 107 pages. Details the life and times of Arnold Bennett, an English man about town who began his career as a solicitor's clerk in London in 1888 and later published many novels, A Man From the North, The Old Wives' Tale, Ricey Man Steps, and others. Bennett was also a commentator in the newspapers of the day, a respected literary figure.

107 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1948

About the author

Walter Ernest Allen was an English literary critic and novelist.

Reviews

[Keith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent little study of Bennett and his novels by Walter Allen, the literary critic and author who hailed from the English midlands and settled in London.