The Regent: A Five Towns Story of Adventure in London by Arnold Bennett (LP104)

Published 1913: Hardcover / Very Good Condition

Original green embossed cloth with gilt titles and decoration on the cover and spine. 319 + clean and bright pages, previous owners dedication dated Christmas 1913 on the first free page. Boards slightly rubbed and faded with time consistent with age. Overall well preserved. (LP104)

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A portrait of London's theatrical life. Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) began writing full-time in 1900 after publishing his first novel, A Man from the North, in 1898. He remains best known today for The Old Wives' Tale, published in 1908. Bennett served as the director of propaganda for France at the Ministry of Information during World Wra I, for which work he was later offered a knighthood. He declined the honor. This novel is an affectionate satire of London theatrical society and a sequel to Bennett's novel The Card.

Enoch Arnold Bennett (always known as Arnold Bennett) was one of the most remarkable literary figures of his time, a product of the English Potteries that he made famous as the Five Towns. Yet he could hardly wait to escape his home town, and he did so by the sheer force of his ambition to succeed as an author. In his time he turned his hand to every kind of writing, but he will be remembered for such novels as The Old Wives' Tale, the Clayhanger trilogy (Clayhanger, Hilda Lessways, and These Twain), and The Card. He also wrote such intriguing self-improvement books as Literary Taste, How To Live on 24 Hours a Day, The Human Machine, etc. Google Books...