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Tales of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
This is a selection of short stories recounting, with gentle satire and tolerant good humour, the small town provincial life at the end of the nineteenth century, based around the six towns in the county of Staffordshire, England, known as the Potteries. Arnold Bennett chose to fictionalize these towns by changing their names and omitting one (Fenton) as he apparently felt that “Five Towns” was more euphonious than “Six Towns”. The real town names which are thinly disguised in the novel are: Hanley, Longton, Burslem and Tunstal, the fifth, Stoke became “Knype”. Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was b...
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Episodes
01 – His Worship the Goosedriver 02.01.2026 41:16
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02 – The Elixir of Youth 01.01.2026 18:30
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03 – Mary with the High Hand 31.12.2025 31:58
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04 – The Dog 30.12.2025 29:33
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05 – A Feud 29.12.2025 42:31
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06 – Phantom 28.12.2025 28:33
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07 – Tiddy-Fol-Lol 27.12.2025 15:03
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08 – The Idiot 26.12.2025 12:29
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09 – The Hungarian Rhapsody 25.12.2025 36:53
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10 – The Sisters Qita 24.12.2025 12:52
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11 – Nocturne at the Majestic 23.12.2025 42:24
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12 – Clarice of the Autumn Concerts 22.12.2025 10:49
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13 – A Letter Home 21.12.2025 16:44
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