The Five Towns Series

11 primary works • 11 total works
Series inspired by Arnold Bennett's birthplace Staffordshire Potteries (known as The Six Towns). The area has since become the city Stoke-on-Trent.

Book 1

A Man from the North
3.57
· 143 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1898 · 50 editions

Famous British writer Arnold Bennett's novel 'A Ma…
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Book 2

Anna of the Five Towns
3.68
· 1887 Ratings · 222 Reviews · published 1902 · 290 editions
Anna of the Five Towns (1902) depicts the severe e…
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Book 3

Tales of the Five Towns
3.65
· 125 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 1905 · 141 editions
...towards Moorthorne, and she had deliciously agr…
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Book 4

The Grim Smile of the Five Towns
3.88
· 140 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1907 · 112 editions
Thirteen stories describe the experiences of Vera …
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Book 5

The Old Wives' Tale
3.85
· 4833 Ratings · 399 Reviews · published 1908 · 418 editions
H.G. Wells described The Old Wives' Tale as "by fa…
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Book 6

Clayhanger
4.00
· 539 Ratings · 61 Reviews · published 1910 · 210 editions
A novel about a boy growing to manhood in the last…
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Book 7

The Card
3.89
· 761 Ratings · 102 Reviews · published 1911 · 205 editions
Enoch Arnold Bennett was a British novelist.His mo…
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Book 8

Hilda Lessways
3.92
· 257 Ratings · 23 Reviews · published 1911 · 85 editions
This work has been selected by scholars as being c…
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Book 9

The Matador of the Five Towns
3.54
· 69 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1912 · 136 editions
'The Matador of the Five Towns' is a collection of…
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Book 10

These Twain
4.01
· 178 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 1915 · 110 editions
The third in a trilogy of books following Edwin Cl…
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Book 11

Roll Call
3.79
· 84 Ratings · 9 Reviews · 139 editions
The Large Print by Arnold Bennett Follows the care…
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