{"title":"Arnold Bennett","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003eArnold Bennett (1867-1931) was an English novelist and well-known playwright of his time. In his early career he worked as a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003eclerk, and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elater moved to London where he received early success with the novel,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Man from the North\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003e(1898). Bennett\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003eestablished\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehimself as a new voice of English fiction and soon found himself in a feud with another well-known English author Virginia Woolf, over the value of realism versus interior consciousness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW179339851 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233118\":false,\"201341983\":0,\"335559685\":0,\"335559731\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":360}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003eSoon after his success with his debut novel, Bennett achieved popular acclaim with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003eThe Grand Babylon Hotel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1902), a murder mystery set in a luxury hotel, said to be modeled after London’s famous Savoy Hotel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW179339851 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233118\":false,\"201341983\":0,\"335559685\":0,\"335559731\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":360}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003eBennett wrote over thirty novels, thirteen plays, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003enumerous\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179339851 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshort stories. \u003cem\u003eThe Old Wives’ Tale\u003c\/em\u003e (1908) is considered his masterpiece. In 1931, Bennett died in Paris from typhoid fever after drinking contaminated water.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/7939\/8072\/collections\/Arnold_Bennett_1.jpg?v=1773765964","url":"https:\/\/wordfirepress.com\/collections\/arnold-bennett.oembed","provider":"WordFire Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}