Arnold Bennett

Arnold Bennett was an English novelist, playwright, and essayist born on May 27, 1867, in Hanley, Staffordshire, England. He was the eldest of six children born to a solicitor and his wife. Bennett attended the Middle School in Newcastle-under-Lyme and later moved to London to work as a solicitor's clerk. However, he soon realized that his true passion was writing, and he began to pursue it full-time. Bennett's first novel, A Man from the North, was published in 1898, and he went on to write over 30 novels, including The Old Wives' Tale (1908), Clayhanger (1910), and Riceyman Steps (1923). He also wrote plays, essays, and short stories, and was a prolific journalist, contributing to newspapers such as the Evening Standard and the New York Herald Tribune. Bennett's writing was often inspired by his upbringing in the Potteries, an industrial area of Staffordshire known for its pottery production. His novels often explored the lives of working-class people and the impact of industrialization on society. He was a