Dec 4, 2008

Anna of the Five Towns | Anna of the Five Towns

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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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Anna of the Five Towns | Anna of the Five Towns

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