Penny-pinching bookseller Henry Earlforward harbours a desperate love for his neighbour and customer Violet. After he succeeds in wooing and marrying her, their marriage begins to fall into ruins as Violet's spending clashes with Henry's miserly nature. As Henry's health begins to decline, their loyal maid Elsie attempts to keep the household afloat, secretly waiting for her shellshocked love, Joe, to return for her. Set in Clerkenwell, London, Arnold Bennett's `Riceyman Steps' (1923) is a bittersweet tale that marked a significant departure from his other works. Fans of heart wrenching love stories will enjoy this early 20th century classic that reads like a cross between Charles Dickens' `A Christmas Carol' and Jojo Moyes' `Me Before You'.Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867 - 1931), better known as Arnold Bennett, was an English writer of novels, short stories and plays. The eldest of six children, Bennett grew up in Staffordshire as part of a cultured artistic family. His first novel, `A Man From The North', was published in 1898 to critical acclaim but little commercial success. However, his prolific output soon made him a successful author, and by the time of his death at 63 he was a household name with many published classics. Bennett is best remembered for his novels `Anna of the Five Towns' (1902), `The Old Wives' Tale' (1908), `Clayhanger' (1910) and `Riceyman Steps' (1923). His work frequently dealt with real-life issues and have been loved for their relatability and the keen insight they offer into the everyday. Posthumously recognised as a literary genius, Bennett's works have had frequent comparisons to those of his contemporaries such as H.G. Wells and John Galsworthy.

Quand un milliardaire américain achète sur un coup de tête le plus luxueux palace de Londres, il ignore que disparitions, complots et meurtres s’y cachent.

Découvrez les destins croisés des habitants des Five Towns, une série de nouvelles aussi drôles que poignantes, où Arnold Bennett dépeint avec finesse la vie provinciale anglaise à la fin du XIXe siècle.

Tout a commencé près des marches de Riceyman à Londres, dans la librairie de M. Earlsforward. Au moment où Mme Arb a poussé la porte pour acheter un livre, le coeur du libraire s'est mis à battre intensément. Quelques jours plus tard, ils se sont mariés. Mais l'amour-éclair d'un libraire trop avare s'est mué en peur du manque. Mme Arb est dépensière. Elle a engagé une bonne qui mange trop et qui laisse les chandelles se consumer toute la nuit. Vêtements, chauffage, lumière, nourriture : chaque sous dépensé est pour M. Earlsforward aussi douloureux qu'un coup de poignard en plein coeur... Passion froide et vice destructeur, ce roman dévoile un homme en proie à l'avarice extrême. Il s'agit d'une peinture du Londres du début du XXe, d'une satire des moeurs, et d'un thriller sombre et sanglant d'un grand écrivain. Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) est un écrivain britannique. D'abord journaliste, son premier livre « L'Homme du Nord » connaît un succès retentissant. Il devient éditeur en chef de son magazine, et rédige lui-même les feuilletons qu'il y propose : ainsi paraît « The Grand Babylon Hotel ». Il décide alors de se consacrer à la littérature. Il s'installe à Paris où il est influencé par Maupassant. Il deviendra connu pour « Enterré vivant ».

Priam Frall, peintre de génie, a choisi d'échapper au fardeau de la gloire. Il se réfugie dans un sombre appartement londonien en compagnie de son majordome. Un jour, ce dernier meurt inopinément. C'est l'occasion rêvé pour Priam Frall de disparaître à tout jamais... Il revêt les habits du cadavre et endosse son identité. Le voilà condamné à jouer le rôle d'un homme dont il ne savait rien, à assister à ses propres funérailles, et à supporter un passé qui ne lui appartient pas... Satire du monde artistique, comédie de moeurs et humour noir, ce roman possède tous les ingrédients qui ont fait de Arnold Bennett un auteur d'exception. Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) est un écrivain britannique. D'abord journaliste, son premier livre « L'Homme du Nord » connaît un succès retentissant. Il devient éditeur en chef de son magazine, et rédige lui-même les feuilletons qu'il y propose : ainsi paraît « The Grand Babylon Hotel ». Il décide alors de se consacrer à la littérature. Il s'installe à Paris où il est influencé par Maupassant. Il deviendra connu pour « Enterré vivant ».

In the whirlwind of modern life, it's easy to feel like we're constantly chasing our tails, never quite catching up. But what if there was a way to live more fully, to make the most of every precious hour? In his classic work, "How to Live on 24 Hours a Day," Arnold Bennett offers a practical and inspiring guide to time management. Drawing on his own experiences and observations, Bennett shows us how to: * Prioritize our tasks * Eliminate distractions * Use our time wisely * Find time for relaxation and enjoyment Bennett's timeless wisdom will help you to reclaim your time and live a more fulfilling life.

The novel opens with Carl Foster, a recently qualified doctor, coming to London to try and make his fortune. He meets a famous tenor, Signor Alresca, who suffers a dreadful injury backstage and Foster tends to him. He thus meets the lead soprano, Rosetta Rosa, and falls hopelessly in love with her.Alresca takes Foster under his wing and they travel to Alresca's home in Bruges. It is clear to Foster that Alresca has some strange obsession. Foster also notices a stranger who seems to be dogging his footsteps.Things take an even more sinister turn when Alresca inexplicably dies. . .

Mr Prohack, an ordinary official in the Treasury and leading a hum-drum life, suddenly and unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money which, with a lucky investment, he turns into a fortune. This humorous book follows his progress and that of his wife, son and daughter who all, in their different ways, slowly get used to their new lives. - Summary by Simon Evers

"Lilian works in a typewriting office owned by Felix Grig, a middle-aged man of means. The office is run by his spinster sister, Miss Grig, who suspects that Felix is more interested in Lilian than perhaps he should be and gives Lilian the sack. Her plan fails as Felix invites Lilian to dinner - and the book follows the course of their evolving relationship."

"A coming-of-age story about Edwin Clayhanger, who leaves school, has his ambition to become an architect thwarted by his tyrannical father, Darius, and so works in the family printing business. Edwin eventually takes over the business successfully. The story follows Edwin's relationships with his family and the mysterious Hilda Lessways. It is the first book of four in the Clayhanger series, following Edwin's life. - Summary by Simon Evers"

The Grim Smile of the Five Towns (1907) is the second major collection of stories written by Arnold Bennett. (The first is Tales Of The Five Towns, 1905, available at Librivox.).The five towns of the title are the conurbation of Stoke-on-Trent in which much of the writer's best work is set. Later [than initial] critics have been kinder to the collection's key story, with Margaret Drabble calling "Simon Fuge"... one of the greatest short stories in the English language", and John Wain remarking that... "it says as much as a novel, it says easily as much as a novel of a hundred thousand words could say on this theme" and naming it... "the best thing that Arnold Bennett ever did." The stories exhibit Bennett's usual dry wit and belie the word "grim" in the title. - Summary by David Wales

Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867 - 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film. In 1911 Bennett paid a financially rewarding visit to the US, which he later recorded in this 1912 book Those United States in England; titled Your United States in America. He is a keen observer with an entertaining dry wit.- Summary by David Wales

Subtitled 'A Frolic', this light-hearted book follows the fortunes of Henry Shakespeare Knight who, rather to his own surprise, writes a best-selling novel. (Summary by Simon Evers)

The Regent' is, if not a sequel to 'The Card', then a 'Further Adventures of' the eponymous hero of that novel.Denry Machin is now forty-three and begins to feel that he is getting old, that making money and a happy home life are not enough and that he has lost his touch as the entrepreneur and entertainer of the 'Five Towns'.In fact, as he says to himself 'What I want is change - and a lot of it too!'. A chance meeting at the local theatre leads to his going to London and then... (Summary by A.J.M.)

The hero is Mr Priam Farll, a painter of considerable ability. He is, however, extremely shy - so shy that when his valet, Henry Leek, dies suddenly, the doctor believes the dead man to be Priam Farll and the live man the valet. The artist does not try to disabuse him. After the funeral (in Westminster Abbey), Priam Farll marries a widow and lives a happy life until the loss of his wife's money means he has to take up painting again. A connoisseur of art recognises his style but thinks the paintings are by an imposter. He makes a fortune by buying his works through a small dealer and selling them in America as genuine. Meanwhile Priam Farll refuses through his obstinate shyness to prove his own identity. (Summary by Simon Evers)

Bennett asks us to consider our brains as the most wonderful machine, a machine which is the only thing in this world that we can control. As he writes: "I am simply bent on calling your attention to a fact which has perhaps wholly or partially escaped you -- namely, that you are the most fascinating bit of machinery that ever was."As ever, his prose is honeyed, his thoughts inspired, and his advice as relevant today as when it was written.

Twenty-two short stories by Arnold Bennett, mainly set in the 'Five Towns', Bennett's name for the pottery manufacturing towns of the English midlands (Summary by Andy Minter).

La réceptionniste disparaît, le maître d'hôtel démissionne, un jeune diplomate est trouvé mort et son corps est subtilisé. Et que devient donc le prince Eugène, qui devait descendre au Grand hôtel Babylon et dont personne n'a de nouvelles ? Les énigmes s'accumulent et des machinations internationales semblent s'ourdir dans les corridors chics du palace. Un grand classique britannique de la comédie policière.

"Which of us lives on twenty-four hours a day? And when I say 'lives,' I do not mean exists, nor 'muddles through.'" -- Arnold Bennett knew a "rat race" when he saw one. Every day, his fellow white-collar Londoners followed the same old routine. And they routinely decried the sameness in their lives.-- So Bennett set out to explain how to inject new enthusiasm into living. In this delightful little work, he taught his fellow sufferers how to set time apart for improving their lives. Yes, he assured them, it could be done. Yes, if you want to feel connected with the world, instead of endlessly pacing the treadmill (or, "exceeding your programme", as he called it), you must do so.-- For time, as he gleefully notes, is the ultimate democracy. Each of us starts our day with 24 hours to spend. Even a saint gets not a minute more; even the most inveterate time-waster is docked not a second for his wastrel ways. And he can choose today to turn over a new leaf! -- Bennett believed that learning to discern cause and effect in the world would give his readers an endless source of enjoyment and satisfaction. Instead of only being able to discuss what they had heard, they could graduate to what they thought... and lift themselves completely from the deadening influence of a day at the office.

Bruce Bowring otrzymuje anonimowy telefon z informacja, ze kto´s chce dokona´c rabunku w jego domu. Wkrótce potem spotyka tajemniczego czlowieka, który informuje, ze ujawni jego nieuczciwe interesy. Za milczenie zada 10 tysiecy. Tajemniczy nieznajomy to milioner Cecil Thorold. Beztrosko rzuca w ogie´n pozyskane pieniadze. Jeden z mniej znanych utworów Arnolda Bennetta, zbiór opowiada´n o przygodach milionera, który wchodzi na droge przestepstwa. Lamie prawo, aby osiagna´c swe idealistyczne cele. "Rozrywki milionera" znalazly sie na li´scie stu najwazniejszych dziel literatury kryminalnej (1951 rok). Jezyk, postacie i poglady zawarte w tej publikacji nie odzwierciedlaja pogladów ani opinii wydawcy. Utwór ma charakter publikacji historycznej, ukazujacej postawy i tendencje charakterystyczne dla czasów z których pochodzi. W niniejszej publikacji zachowano oryginalna pisownie.

At turns humorous, poignant, gripping, and occasionally tragic, this collection of short stories is peopled by a rich cast of characters. No one is all good or all bad in this volume, which includes "A Letter Home", Bennett's first short story. "Tales of the Five Towns" delves further into the lives of the residents of the fictional "Five Towns", based on Bennett's native Stoke-on-Trent, that Bennett also explores in novels like "Anna of the Five Towns" (1902) and "The Clayhanger Family" (1925). Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was a British novelist, playwright, critic, and essayist and a key literary figure of his time. His most famous works include "The Old Wives' Tale" (1908), "The Clayhanger Family" (1925), and "The Card" (1911). He also wrote a series of self-improvement books.

Theodore Racksole, a rich American multi millionaire, buys the Grand Babylon Hotel, a luxurious hotel in London, as a whim - and then finds out there are strange things going on - a German prince is supposed to arrive but never turns up, someone is found murdered in the hotel, but then the body disappears. With the help of his independent daughter Nella and another German prince, Racksole sets out to solve the mystery. Bennett wrote this as a 15 part serial, for a lark, in 15 days, and sold it for 100 pounds. It first appeared in The Golden Penny in 1902, which described it as "the most original, amusing, and thrilling serial written in a decade".

With the advent of the modern corporate workplace in the twenty-first century, more and more people are toiling away behind desks, wearily clocking the standard forty-hour week. By 1910, writer Arnold Bennett had observed a worrying trend of exhausted wage earners whose waking hours revolved around their jobs and who had little time to spend on the business of actually living. Self-improvement was Bennett's prescription for a speedy escape from the woes of the rat race. In his popular work How to Live on 24 Hours a Day, he advised those starved for time to set manageable goals for themselves and to pursue fulfilling activities-in much the same way that modern self-help experts urge today's busy people to seek enlightenment, relaxation, and satisfaction in a chaotic world. Take a break from your busy day and let Arnold Bennett's still fresh advice help you find the contentment and calm you seek

Dans l'Angleterre industrielle de la fin du XIXe siècle, Edwin Clayhanger rêve d’architecture mais se voit contraint de reprendre l’imprimerie familiale sous la coupe d’un père despotique.

Écrit en 1910, How to Live on 24 Hours a Day reste le premier guide pratique pour transformer chaque journée en une opportunité d’épanouissement.

1915, front ouest : Arnold Bennett, écrivain et journaliste britannique, traverse la zone de guerre pour en rapporter un témoignage unique.

This carefully crafted ebook: "Buried Alive + The Old Wives' Tale + The Card (3 Classics by Arnold Bennett)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The hero of the novel Buried Alive, Mr Priam Farll, is a painter of considerable ability. He is, however, extremely shy - so shy that when his valet, Henry Leek, dies suddenly, the doctor believes the dead man to be Priam Farll and the live man the valet... The Old Wives Tale is a novel set in part in the Potteries district of North Staffordshire, where Bennett grew up, and is generally considered his masterpiece. The Card is a short comic novel written by Arnold Bennett in 1911. It chronicles the rise of Edward Henry ("Denry") Machin from a washerwoman's son to Mayor of Bursley (a fictitious town based on Burslem). Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was an English journalist, novelist, and writer. After working as a rent collector and solicitor's clerk, Bennett won a writing contest which convinced him to become a journalist and an author.

Angleterre, fin du XIXe siècle. Hilda Lessways, jeune femme ambitieuse et complexe, affronte les défis de l'indépendance et de l'amour dans un monde où les conventions étouffent les rêves.

Londres, début du XXe siècle. Lilian, jeune dactylo ambitieuse, voit sa vie basculer quand son employeur, Felix Grig, lui propose bien plus qu’un simple dîner.

Et si la clé du succès résidait dans l’efficacité mentale plutôt que physique ? Mental Efficiency And Other Hints to Men and Women d’Arnold Bennett vous révèle comment cultiver votre esprit pour transformer votre quotidien.

Angleterre, fin du XIXe siècle. The Clayhanger Trilogy plonge le lecteur dans le destin d’Edwin Clayhanger, jeune homme timide et ambitieux, tiraillé entre ses rêves d’architecte et les contraintes d’un père tyrannique.

Edward Henry Machin, riche mais insatisfait, se lance dans une aventure théâtrale aussi imprévisible que libératrice.