Publisher's Synopsis
Anna of the Five Towns is a novel written by Arnold Bennett, first published in 1902. The story is set in the fictional town of Bursley, which is one of the five towns in the Staffordshire Potteries. The novel follows the life of Anna Tellwright, a young woman who is the daughter of a wealthy but miserly pottery manufacturer. Anna's life is shaped by her father's strict and oppressive control over her, and her interactions with the people in her community, including her love interests, Henry Mynors and Willie Price.As the story progresses, Anna begins to rebel against her father's expectations and seeks to find her own path in life. She becomes involved in charitable work and begins to question the morality of her father's business practices. Along the way, she must navigate the complexities of love and marriage, and confront the challenges of social class and gender roles in Victorian England.Anna of the Five Towns is a poignant and beautifully written novel that explores themes of family, love, morality, and individualism. It is a timeless classic that continues to resonate with readers today.1902. Anna of the Five Towns depicts the severe economic and moral pressures of life in the Staffordshire Potteries in the late nineteenth century. Against the vitality and harshness of the Five Towns, Bennett's narrative is a compelling delineation of his heroine's attempts to gain freedom and independence from her father and the repressive regime of Methodism. This is the first of Bennett's novels to mark out the province of the Five Towns where much of his later fiction is set. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
