Publisher's Synopsis
Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 - 27 March 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film. One of his most popular non-fiction works, which is still read to this day, is the self-help book How to Live on 24 Hours a Day. In 1908 The Old Wives' Tale was published and was an immediate success throughout the English-speaking world. After a visit to America in 1911, where he had been publicized and acclaimed as no other visiting writer since Charles Dickens, he returned to England where Old Wives' Tale was reappraised and hailed as a masterpiece. In this book: How to Live on 24 Hours a Day The Human Machine The Old Wives' Tale The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns The Grand Babylon Hotel Anna of the Five Towns
