Introduction about the Author
Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was an English novelist, playwright, critic and essayist.
He was best known for his novels of ˇ°the Five Townsˇ±--- the English Potteries. It is the
district in Staffordshire, where pottery is the chief industry. He used ˇ°the Five Townsˇ±
(the potteries towns) as background of his major works. The story in the text also takes place in the Five
Towns which is a small town in England.
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