The complete online text of The Feast of St. Friend by Arnold Bennett.

The English novelist and dramatist Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was the author of The Old Wives' Tale, a masterpiece of realism. Arnold Bennett was born on May 27, 1867, in Hanley, one of the pottery-making "Six Towns" of central England. The youth, called...

Enoch Arnold Bennett was a multifaceted celebrity in his day--novelist, short-story writer, critic, journalist, playwright, travelogue writer, prodigious letter writer, watercolorist, member of government, yachtsman--with diverse interests and phenomenal...

Straw was laid in the streets outside Chiltern Court, to deaden sounds, while Arnold Bennett lay dying in his flat there. It was the last time the city of London was to pay such respect to a public figure. To some extent this respect was nostalgic becaus...

The Fitzgeralds have hosted a traditional gathering at Louisiana's Loyd Hall Plantation for 20 years. At Loyd Hall Plantation near Cheneyville, Louisiana (just south of Alexandria), Anne and Frank Fitzgerald with smiles as warm as the sunshine, welcome family and friends to their...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. Brad Faxon credited the home-cooked meal. Davis Love agreed. Jim Furyk had no idea what they were talking about. "Actually, I overcooked them a little bit. I wasn't excited about it, put it that way," said Furyk, who...