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The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories

by Arnold BENNETT (1867 - 1931)

The Letter and the Lie

Twenty-two short stories by Arnold Bennett, mainly set in the 'Five Towns', Bennett's name for the pottery manufacturing towns of the English midlands (Summary by Andy Minter).

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Listen next episodes of The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories:
An Unfair Advantage , Catching the Train , Half a Sovereign , Hot Potatoes , Jock-at-a-Venture , The Blue Suit , The Cat and Cupid , The Fortune Teller , The Glimpse , The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick , The Long Lost Uncle , The Revolver , The Tiger and the Baby , The Tight Hand , The Widow of the Balcony , Three Episodes in the Life of Mr Cowlishaw, Dentist , Under the Clock , Why the Clock Stopped