The complete online text of The Pretty Lady 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...

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University Wire 05-05-2005 (The Daily Vidette) (U-WIRE) NORMAL, Ill. -- The Illinois State softball team will close out its regular season this weekend at Evansville. With just three conference games remaining, the Redbirds sit in sixth place in the Missouri Valley Conference. ISU holds...