"Hugo: A Fantasia on Modern Themes" by Arnold Bennett is a story set in the early 1900s that follows Hugo, a wealthy department store owner in London who has never been in love. The book shows his fancy lifestyle and how it is disrupted when he falls for Camilla Payne, a woman who works selling hats in his store. We learn about Hugo's quirky habits, like his love for tea and music, and his interactions with people like his young servant, Simon Shawn, and a lawyer, Senior Polycarp. The book is about love, being ambitious, what society expects, and finding yourself, all happening in a busy, modern world; the arrival of Camilla is the most impactful part of the story, creating personal challenges that will change his life forever.
Hugo: A Fantasia on Modern Themes
By Arnold Bennett
A rich bachelor’s carefully ordered world turns upside down when he unexpectedly falls for a woman working in his department store.
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About the AuthorEnoch Arnold Bennett was an English author, best known as a novelist, who wrote prolifically. Between the 1890s and the 1930s he completed 34 novels, seven volumes of short stories, 13 plays, and a daily journal totalling more than a million words. He wrote articles and stories for more than 100 newspapers and periodicals, worked in and briefly ran the Ministry of Information during the First World War, and wrote for the cinema in the 1920s. Sales of his books were substantial, and he was the most financially successful British author of his day.
Enoch Arnold Bennett was an English author, best known as a novelist, who wrote prolifically. Between the 1890s and the 1930s he completed 34 novels, seven volumes of short stories, 13 plays, and a daily journal totalling more than a million words. He wrote articles and stories for more than 100 newspapers and periodicals, worked in and briefly ran the Ministry of Information during the First World War, and wrote for the cinema in the 1920s. Sales of his books were substantial, and he was the most financially successful British author of his day.
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