"The City of Pleasure: A Fantasia on Modern Themes" by Arnold Bennett is a story set in the early 1900s that paints a picture of a new amusement park called the City of Pleasure, and how its creators, Josephus Ilam and Charles Carpentaria, try to manage their dreams and creative ideas. The book focuses on the many different characters involved, as well as the crazy, exciting feeling that surrounds their big opening day; Carpentaria is presented first through supervising balloon ascents, showing excitement to the reader. However, tensions rise between Carpenteria and Ilam under the exciting surface of the new venture. As the story unfolds, we see their relationships to each other, revealing a story filled with dreams, envy, and the search for artistic value among the chaos and spectacle of their creation. The first chapter creates a scene of excitement as the characters and the city get ready for the energy of the crowd getting you ready for twists and turns that are about to come.
The City of Pleasure: A Fantasia on Modern Themes
By Arnold Bennett
Amidst the spectacle of a brand-new amusement park, two founders' dreams clash, setting the stage for a wild ride of ambition, jealousy, and creative tension.
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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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