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List of works by Arnold Bennett

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The English novelist, journalist and playwright Arnold Bennett wrote prolifically between 1898 and his death in 1931. This is a list of his published books and adaptations of his works for stage and screen.

Fiction

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Novels

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Title Subtitle Date (UK) Date (US) Notes Public domain audiobook
A Man from the North 1898 1898
Anna of the Five Towns A novel 1902 1903 [1]
The Grand Babylon Hotel A fantasia on modern themes 1902 1902 First published serially from February 1901.
Published in US as Racksole and Daughter
[2]
The Gates of Wrath A melodrama 1903 –– First published serially from October 1899
Leonora 1903 1910 [3]
A Great Man A frolic 1904 1910 [4]
Teresa of Watling Street A fantasia on modern themes 1904 ––
Sacred and Profane Love A novel in three episodes 1905 1911 Revised edition published in US as The Book of Carlotta
Hugo A fantasia on modern themes 1906 1906 First published serially from May 1905
Whom God Hath Joined 1906 1911
The Sinews of War A romance of London and the sea 1906 1906 Written in collaboration with Eden Phillpotts.
First published serially from March 1906.
Published in US as Doubloons
The Ghost A fantasia on modern themes 1907 1907
The City of Pleasure A fantasia on modern themes 1907 1915 First published serially from January 1906
The Statue 1908 1908 With Philpotts
Buried Alive A tale of these days 1908 1910 [5]
The Old Wives' Tale A novel 1908 1911 [6]
The Glimpse An adventure of the soul 1909 1909
Helen with a High Hand An idyllic diversion 1910 1910 First published serially from June 1909 as The Miser's Niece [7]
Clayhanger 1910 [8]
The Card A story of adventure in the Five Towns 1911 1911 First published serially from February 1910 as Denry the Audacious
and published in the US under that title
[9]
Hilda Lessways 1911 1911 Second volume of Clayhanger trilogy [10]
The Regent A Five Towns story of adventure in London 1913 Sequel to The Card.
First published serially from November 1912 (UK) and December 1912 (US).
Published in the US as The Old Adam
[11]
The Price of Love A tale 1914 1914 First published serially from December 1913 [12]
These Twain 1916 1915 Third volume of Clayhanger trilogy.
First published serially from September 1915
[13]
The Lion's Share 1916 1916 First published serially from October 1915 [14]
The Pretty Lady A novel 1918 1918 [15]
The Roll-Call 1918 1918 Sequel to the Clayhanger trilogy [16]
Mr Prohack 1922 1922 First published serially from July 1921 [17]
Lilian 1922 1922 First published serially from July 1922 [18]
Riceyman Steps A novel 1923 1923 [19]
Lord Raingo 1926 1926 First published serially from September 1926
The Vanguard A fantasia 1928 1927 Published in UK as The Strange Vanguard
Accident 1929 1928 First published serially as Train de luxe from July 1928
Imperial Palace 1930 1930
Dream of Destiny 1932 1932 Unfinished novel

Sources: New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature and Arnold Bennett by Margaret Drabble.[1]

Short stories

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Stage and screen

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Non-fiction

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Journals

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  • Volumes 1 and 2 (1896–1921), edited by Newman Flower, 1932
  • Volume (1921–1928), edited by Flower, 1933
  • Journal for 1929, edited by Bennett, 1930
  • Selections from the complete journals, edited and selected by Frank Swinnerton, 1954 (revised edition, with additions, 1971)
  • Florentine Journal, 1910 with illustrations by Bennett, 1967

Letters

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  • The Letters of Arnold Bennett edited by James Hepburn, four volumes, 1966–1986

Sources: Arnold Bennett by Frank Swinnerton; Arnold Bennett by Margaret Drabble.[2]

Adaptations by others

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Cinema

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Television

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Sources: BBC Genome and British Film Institute.[3][4]

Stage

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  • Clayhanger: adapted by Joyce Cheeseman and Peter Terson, Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, November 1967
  • Anna of the Five Towns: adapted by Joyce Cheeseman, Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, August 1969
  • The Old Wives’ Tale: adapted by Joyce Cheeseman, Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, August 1971
  • The Card: adapted by Joyce Cheeseman, Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, August 1973 and New Vic Theatre, October 1991. Also adapted by Deborah McAndrew for Claybody Theatre Company, Stoke-on-Trent, 2022
  • Riceyman Steps: adapted by Joyce Cheeseman, Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, September 1982
  • Buried Alive: adapted by Joyce Holliday (formerly Cheeseman), New Vic, March 1988
  • The Pretty Lady: adapted by Joyce Holliday, New  Vic, September 1990

Source: Victoria Theatre Collection, Special Collections, Thompson Library, Staffordshire University[5]

References

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  1. ^ Watson and Willison, columns 429–431; and Drabble, pp. 375–378
  2. ^ Swinnerton, pp. 25–32; and Drabble, pp. 375–378
  3. ^ "Arnold Bennett" BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 June 2020
  4. ^ "Arnold Bennett", British Film Institute. Retrieved 3 June 2020
  5. ^ "Library: Special Collections, Staffordshire University: The Victoria Theatre Collection".

Sources

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