The complete online text of The Regent 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...

Political and personal machinations invariably result in ill-conceived notions, as evidenced by the House vote to abolish the state Board of Regents of Higher Education. The House wants to rid itself of its political nemesis and replace it with an entity yet to be...

Forward 05-02-1997 Regents Riddle Partisans of the public school system -- we count ourselves among them -- are scratching their heads this week over the latest bull from New York state's commissioner of education, Richard Mills. Mr. Mills has been making admirable...

A professor who was fired after comparing some Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi sued the school Wednesday, saying officials retaliated against him for exercising his right to free speech.Ward Churchill was ousted by the University of Colorado's governing Board of Regents after three faculty...

UNLV has offered men's basketball coach Lon Kruger a contract that would guarantee him $5.2 million over the next five years.The contract extension, which needs approval from the Nevada System of Higher Education regents, comes after Kruger led the Rebels to a 30-7 season. UNLV...