Arnold Bennett

Anna of the Five Towns Illustrated Arnold Bennett

Anna of the Five Towns is a novel by English author Arnold Bennett, first published in 1902. One of his best-known works, it tells the story of Anna Tellwright, who lives in Staffordshire, England. Her father is a wealthy man, but also very authoritarian, and in addition, Anna is under the control of the strict Methodist church. The novel tells her story as she becomes a wealthy woman from an inheritance, and struggles to gain freedom and independence.