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
· 148 Ratings · 24 Reviews · published 1898 · 81 editions

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

Anna of the Five Towns
3.68
· 1921 Ratings · 233 Reviews · published 1902 · 267 editions
Anna of the Five Towns (1902) depicts the severe e…
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Book 3

Tales of the Five Towns
3.64
· 129 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 1905 · 112 editions
...towards Moorthorne, and she had deliciously agr…
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Book 4

The Grim Smile of the Five Towns
3.88
· 145 Ratings · 22 Reviews · published 1907 · 109 editions
Thirteen stories describe the experiences of Vera …
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Book 5

The Old Wives' Tale
3.85
· 4885 Ratings · 414 Reviews · published 1908 · 2 editions
H.G. Wells described The Old Wives' Tale as "by fa…
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Book 6

Clayhanger
4.01
· 548 Ratings · 64 Reviews · published 1910 · 202 editions
A novel about a boy growing to manhood in the last…
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Book 7

The Card
3.89
· 775 Ratings · 107 Reviews · published 1911 · 243 editions
Enoch Arnold Bennett was a British novelist.His mo…
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Book 8

Hilda Lessways
3.93
· 265 Ratings · 24 Reviews · published 1911 · -4 editions
This work has been selected by scholars as being c…
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Book 9

The Matador of the Five Towns
3.53
· 70 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1912 · 114 editions
'The Matador of the Five Towns' is a collection of…
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Book 10

These Twain
4.00
· 186 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 1915 · 88 editions
The third in a trilogy of books following Edwin Cl…
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Book 11

Roll Call
3.77
· 86 Ratings · 9 Reviews · 110 editions
The Large Print by Arnold Bennett Follows the care…
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