"These Twain" by Arnold Bennett is a story about Edwin Clayhanger, a successful printer, dealing with being newly married to Hilda, a woman carrying secrets, in a changing world. The narrative looks at what society expects, home life, and the clash between old and new ideas. Readers are introduced to Bleakridge, a suburb showing the old and new through its buildings. Edwin, proud of his home is nervous but also proud of his marriage to Hilda, who brings excitement to his life. Preparing to host guests, he thinks about how life at home is and how his past affects things now. Interactions with family members and Edwin thinking about his place in everything build the setting to explore how people relate to one another in the early 1900s.
These Twain
By Arnold Bennett
A successful man's new marriage forces him to confront his past and a changing world as societal expectations and domestic life collide.
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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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