PART I - Tales of the Five Towns

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TALES

OF THE FIVE TOWNS

By

ARNOLD BENNETT

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First published January 1905

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TO

MARCEL SCHWOB

MY LITERARY GODFATHER IN FRANCE

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CONTENTS

PART I

AT HOME

HIS WORSHIP THE GOOSEDRIVER

THE ELIXIR OF YOUTH

MARY WITH THE HIGH HAND

THE DOG

A FEUD

PHANTOM

TIDDY-FOL-LOL

THE IDIOT

PART II

ABROAD

THE HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY

THE SISTERS QITA

NOCTURNE AT THE MAJESTIC

CLARICE OF THE AUTUMN CONCERTS

A LETTER HOME

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PART I

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