What would you do if your money-grubbing father decided to marry you off to someone you loathed, against your express wishes? That's precisely the dilemma facing virtuous Anna Tellwright in Arnold Bennett's juicy potboiler Anna of the Five Towns. Will Anna muster up the courage to defy her father's wishes and make her own way in the world?
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Sheba Blake. Anna of the Five Towns
Contents
One. The Kindling of Love
Two. The Miser’s Daughter
Three. The Birthday
Four. A Visit
Five. The Revival
Six. Willie
Seven. The Sewing Meeting
Eight. On the Bank
Nine. The Treat
Ten. The Isle
Eleven. The Downfall
Twelve. At the Priory
Thirteen. The Bazaar
Fourteen. End of a Simple Soul
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Arnold Bennett
Anna of the Five Towns
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‘I can’t say why father doesn’t preach now:’ Anna flushed as she spoke. ‘You had better ask him that.’
‘Well, I will do,’ he laughed. ‘I am coming to see him soon—perhaps one night next week.’
