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Arnold Bennett was a playwright, essayist, critic and journalist. Born in Hanley, Stoke on Trent, and the eldest child of a pawnbroker who had bettered himself and become a solicitor. He became a solicitors clerk at frist in his father's office, and from 1889 in London. He joined the staff of Woman magazine and later became editor. His first novel to be published, A Man From the North appeared in 1898. He went on to write is famous Five Towns Novels, but never returned to the Potteries of his birth. He died on 27 March 1931 from typhoid shortly after a visit to France. His ashes are buried in the cemetery at Burslem, Stoke on Trent. His grandson, Denis Eldin, is the President of the Society and lives in Paris. The Society have just published "Punch & Judy" Arnold Bennett and Silent Cinema, with an introduction by John Shapcott, Keele University - further details on our website at www.arnoldbennettsociety.org.uk

Anna of the Five Towns

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How to Live on 24 Hours a Day

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: Eric Brooks

Length: 1 hr and 30 mins

Release date: 23-01-12

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 117 ratings
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The Old Wives' Tale

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: David Haig

Series: The Five Towns

Length: 24 hrs and 7 mins

Release date: 30-11-09

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 265 ratings
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China Towns: Based on the Five Towns Novels

BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: Kate O'Flynn, Neil Dudgeon, Tim McInnerny, Don Gilet, Rebekah Staton, full cast

Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins

Release date: 19-09-19

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 35 ratings
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Anna of the Five Towns

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: Peter Joyce

Series: The Five Towns

Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins

Release date: 02-03-11

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 71 ratings
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Riceyman Steps

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: Peter Joyce

Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins

Release date: 12-07-11

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
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The Old Wives Tale

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: Eileen Atkins

Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins

Release date: 14-03-11

Language: English

5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
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The Card

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: Stephen Thompkinson

Series: The Five Towns

Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins

Release date: 13-11-15

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 26 ratings
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The Card

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: Peter Joyce

Series: The Five Towns

Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins

Release date: 21-06-11

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
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Thirty-Minute Stories

A Bumper Anthology of Great Classic Short Stories

By: Hugh Walpole, Edith Wharton, George Gissing, Arthur Conan Doyle, W. F. Harvey, Arnold Bennett, M. R. James

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 20 hrs and 12 mins

Release date: 08-02-16

Language: English

3 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
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How to Live on 24 Hours a Day

The Complete Original Edition

By: Arnold Bennett, Joel Fotinos

Narrated by: Bruce Kramer

Series: Simple Success Guides

Length: 1 hr and 44 mins

Release date: 04-02-20

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
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Short Stories about Sadness

By: James Joyce, Nikolai Gogol, Katherine Mansfield, Stephen Crane, Leo Tolstoy, Joseph Conrad, Sherwood Anderson, Anton Chekhov, D H Lawrence, Willa Cather, O Henry, Ivan Turgenev, Arnold Bennett, Nathaniel Hawthorne

Narrated by: Jim Norton, Laurel Lefkow, Elliot Fitzpatrick

Length: 20 hrs and 10 mins

Release date: 12-08-24

Language: English

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Anna of the Five Towns: Complete (BBC Radio 4: Classic Serial)

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: Charlotte Riley, Cast

Length: 1 hr and 53 mins

Release date: 05-10-11

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
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Helen with the High Hand

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: Peter Newcombe Joyce

Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins

Release date: 17-10-17

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
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The Grand Babylon Hotel

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins

Release date: 15-03-22

Language: English

3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
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Arnold Bennett : The Short Stories

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: Richard Mitchley

Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins

Release date: 19-04-12

Language: English

3.5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
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Gothic Tales of Terror: Volume 7

By: Rudyard Kipling, Arnold Bennett, Daniel Defoe, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Nesbit

Narrated by: Ian Holm, Richard Mitchley, Bill Wallis, Geoff McGivern, Ghizela Rowe

Series: Gothic Tales of Terror, Book 7

Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins

Release date: 26-04-12

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
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Great Classic Crime Stories

Tales of Murder, Robbery, Extortion, Blackmail, Forgery, and Worse

By: Charles Dickens, O. Henry, Ambrose Bierce, Thomas Hardy, Arnold Bennett, A. J. Alan, G. K. Chesterton

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 20 hrs and 48 mins

Release date: 09-09-14

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
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Imperial Palace (Dramatised)

By: Arnold Bennett, James Hilton

Narrated by: NBC Theater

Length: 55 mins

Release date: 18-05-10

Language: English

2.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
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How to Live on 24 Hours a Day

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: Jim Roberts

Length: 1 hr and 25 mins

Release date: 28-12-08

Language: English

3.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
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Short Stories About Death, Dying and Loss

By: James Joyce, Joseph Conrad, Edgar Allan Poe, Rabrindinath Tagore, Anton Chekhov, Willa Cather, Saki, D. H. Lawrence, Arnold Bennett, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Kate Chopin, H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce

Narrated by: Jim Norton, William Dufris, Eve Karpf

Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins

Release date: 22-06-23

Language: English

5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
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