Anna of the Five Towns

Description

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 with her young step-sister Agnes, and her father, Ephraim. 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.

This book has 74,080 words, 130 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1902.

Production notes: This ebook of Anna of the Five Towns was published by Global Grey in 2020, and updated on the 3rd January 2023. The artwork used for the cover is 'The Red Service' by Franz Skarbina.