Anna of the Five Towns (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- First Published: 1902
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Setting: The Potteries, England
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Values, Nineteenth century, Religion, Rural or country life, England or English people, Inheritance or succession, Greed, Money
- Locales: England, Potteries, England
Characters Discussed
Anna Tellwright, a young woman who is deprived of love and money in her childhood. She inherits fifty thousand pounds from her mother’s estate upon reaching twenty-one. The money makes little difference in her life, for she turns it over to her father and, later, her fiancé to manage for her. She discovers that she really loves Willie Price, but she is already engaged to Henry Mynors, and she refuses to break her betrothal.
Henry Mynors, Anna’s fiancé. A sound businessman, he knows the value of money. He teaches in the Sunday school, thus...
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