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"The Five Towns" is a name given to it in novels by Arnold Bennett, who was born in Hanley and lived in the district. He said that he believed "Five Towns" was more euphonious than "Six Towns", so he omitted Fenton (sometimes referred to as "the forgotten town"). He called Stoke "Knype" but used recognisable aliases for the other four towns.
Arnold Bennett was born on 27 May 1867 in Hanley, Staffordshire, now part of Stoke-on-Trent but then a separate town. [1] [2] He was the eldest child of the three sons and three daughters [n 1] of Enoch Bennett (1843–1902) and his wife Sarah Ann, née Longson (1840–1914).
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns is the second major collection of stories written by Arnold Bennett. The book first appeared in print in June 1907. Only around half of the stories had previously appeared in print. The five towns of the title are the conurbation of Stoke-on-Trent in which much of the writer's best work is set.
Anna of the Five Towns: A novel 1902 1903 The Grand Babylon Hotel: A fantasia on modern themes 1902 1902 First published serially from February 1901. Published in US as Racksole and Daughter: The Gates of Wrath: A melodrama 1903 –– First published serially from October 1899 Leonora: 1903 1910 A Great Man: A frolic 1904 1910 Teresa of ...
Though the series is commonly referred to as a "trilogy", and the first three novels were published in a single volume, as The Clayhanger Family, in 1925, there are actually four books. All four are set in the "Five Towns", Bennett's thinly disguised version of the six towns of the Staffordshire Potteries.
Fellow small-town enthusiast Leigh Crandall and I put in hours upon hours of research, including chatting up locals and hitting the road, to bring you the top 10 standout small towns across ...
Anna of the Five Towns is a 1985 British television drama series which first aired on BBC 2. It is an adaptation by John Harvey of the 1902 novel of the same title by Arnold Bennett . [ 1 ]
Arnold Bennett: Anna of the Five Towns: Lower Binfield George Orwell: Coming Up for Air: Lower Binfield is a quiet town in the Thames Valley. There's a real settlement called Binfield but Orwell's biographer Bernard Crick says that Lower Binfield is "recognisably Henley". [4] Lower Lockwood, England Janice Hallett: The Appeal: An English town