Anna of the Five Towns (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- First Published: 1902
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- 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
Places Discussed
Five Towns. Chief setting of the novel, modeled closely on the Potteries, the pottery-manufacturing area of central England where Bennett grew up. Much of Bennett’s fiction is set here. The Five Towns—Turnhill, Bursley, Hanbridge, Knype, and Longshaw—are based on the actual Midlands towns of Turnstall, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent, and Longton, which were administratively merged in 1910 to form the present- day city of Stoke-on-Trent.
Bennett portrays the Five Towns as a dark, dreary place, devoted unabashedly to the business of getting and...
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