Books with title The Grim Smile of the Five Towns

The Grim Smile of the Five Towns is the second major collection of stories written by Arnold Bennett. The book first appeared in print in June 1907. CONTENTS: "The Lion's Share"."Baby's Bath"."The Silent Brothers"."The Nineteenth Hat"."Vera's First Christmas Adventure"."The Murder of the Mandarin"."Vera's Second Christmas"."The Burglary"."News of the Engagement"."Beginning of the New Year"."From One Generation to Another"."The Death of Simon Fuge"."In a New Bottle".

A sympathetic collection of stories about the pride, pretensions, and snobbery of life in the Potteries, the small towns of northern England's manufacturing district, with their Methodists, manufacturers, and artisans. Includes "The Death of Simon Fuge," one of the finest short stories ever written in the English language. Arnold Bennett, a versatile and prolific writer who was one of the luminaries of the London literary scene during the early twentieth century, grew up in the environs of Hanley, Staffordshire, one of the Midlands pottery towns that later served as a backdrop for many of his celebrated novels and stories. Newly designed and typeset in a modern 6-by-9-inch format by Waking Lion Press.