The complete online text of The Title 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...

No title, no retirement for Holyfield By ED SCHUYLER JR. Associated Press Monday, December 17, 2001 Mashantaucket, Conn. -- Evander Holyfield will continue to fight, but maybe never again for a heavyweight championship. The 39-year-old Holyfield failed in his...

Titles, millions at stake By GARY WEST Dallas Morning News Saturday, November 4, 2000 Louisville, Ky. -- No title has been won, no championship clinched, no honor determined. They're all on the line -- or finish lines -- today at...

For 60 minutes the questions came at Peyton Manning, sometimes several at once, on topics ranging from his childhood to "American Idol" to Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears.Facing a semicircle of reporters and cameramen six deep, Manning joked a little, reminisced a lot and...

As of this week, the New York Times is operating under a new stylebook rule: "Dr." is for doctors who are doctoring--not philosophizing, and certainly not running the Senate. Dr. should be used in all references for physicians or dentists whose practice is their primary...