Clayhanger: Top of Bennett

Arnold Bennett

Dec 2015 · Top of Bennett Book 4 · 谷月社

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 Volume One--Chapter One.
Book One — His Vocation.
The Last of a Schoolboy.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Volume One--Chapter Two.
The Flame.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Volume One--Chapter Three.
Entry into the World.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Volume One--Chapter Four.
The Child-Man.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Volume One--Chapter Five.
Mr Shushions’s Tear Explained.
Two.
Three.
Volume One--Chapter Six.
In the House.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Volume One--Chapter Seven.
Auntie Hamps.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Seven.
Eight.
Volume One--Chapter Eight.
In the Shop.
Two.
Four.
Five.
Volume One--Chapter Nine.
The Town.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Volume One--Chapter Ten.
Free and Easy.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Seven.
Eight.
Volume One--Chapter Eleven.
Son and Father.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Volume One--Chapter Twelve.
Machinery.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Seven.
Eight.
Nine.
Ten.
Eleven.
Volume One--Chapter Thirteen.
One Result of Courage.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Volume One--Chapter Fourteen.
The Architect.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Volume One--Chapter Fifteen.
A Decision.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Volume One--Chapter Sixteen.
The Letter.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Seven.
Volume One--Chapter Seventeen.
End of a Struggle.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Seven.
Eight.
Nine.
Volume Two--Chapter One.
Book Two — His Love.
The Visit.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Volume Two--Chapter Two.
Father and Son after Seven Years.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Volume Two--Chapter Three.
The New House.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Volume Two--Chapter Four.
The Two Gardens.
Two.
Three.
Volume Two--Chapter Five.
Clothes.
Two.
Three.
Volume Two--Chapter Six.
Janet Loses her Bet.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Volume Two--Chapter Seven.
Lane End House.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Volume Two--Chapter Eight.
The Family Supper.
Two.
Three.
Volume Two--Chapter Nine.
In The Porch.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Volume Two--Chapter Ten.
The Centenary.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Volume Two--Chapter Eleven.
The Bottom of the Square.
Two.
Three.
Volume Two--Chapter Twelve.
The Top of the Square.
Two.
Three.
Volume Two--Chapter Thirteen.
The Oldest Sunday-School Teacher.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Volume Two--Chapter Fourteen.
Money.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Volume Two--Chapter Fifteen.
The Insult.
Two.
Three.
Volume Two--Chapter Sixteen.
The Sequel.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Volume Two--Chapter Seventeen.
Challenge and Response.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Volume Two--Chapter Eighteen.
Curiosity.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Volume Two--Chapter Nineteen.
A Catastrophe.
Two.
Three.
Volume Two--Chapter Twenty.
The Man.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Volume Two--Chapter Twenty One.
The Marriage.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Volume Three--Chapter One.
Book Three — His Freedom.
After a Funeral.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Volume Three--Chapter Two.
The Conclave.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Volume Three--Chapter Three.
The Name.
Two.
Three.
Volume Three--Chapter Four.
The Victim of Sympathy.
Two.
Three.
Volume Three--Chapter Five.
The Slave’s Fear.
Two.
Four.
Volume Three--Chapter Six.
Keys and Cheques.
Two.
Three.
Volume Three--Chapter Seven.
Laid Aside.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Volume Three--Chapter Eight.
A Change of Mind.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Volume Three--Chapter Nine.
The Ox.
Two.
Volume Three--Chapter Ten.
Mrs Hamps as a Young Man.
Two.
Volume Three--Chapter Eleven.
An Hour.
Two.
Volume Three--Chapter Twelve.
Revenge.
Two.
Three.
Volume Three--Chapter Thirteen.
The Journey Upstairs.
Two.
Three.
Volume Three--Chapter Fourteen.
The Watch.
Two.
Three.
Volume Three--Chapter Fifteen.
The Banquet.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Volume Three--Chapter Sixteen.
After the Banquet.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Volume Three--Chapter Seventeen.
The Chain Broken.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Volume Four--Chapter One.
Book Four — His Start in Life.
The Birthday Visit.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Seven.
Volume Four--Chapter Two.
Janet’s Nephew.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Volume Four--Chapter Three.
Adventure.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Seven.
Volume Four--Chapter Four.
In Preston Street.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Volume Four--Chapter Five.
The Bully.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Volume Four--Chapter Six.
The Rendezvous.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Volume Four--Chapter Seven.
The Wall.
Two.
Three.
Volume Four--Chapter Eight.
The Friendship.
Two.
Three.
Volume Four--Chapter Nine.
The Arrivals.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Volume Four--Chapter Ten.
George and the Vicar.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Volume Four--Chapter Eleven.
Beginning of the Night.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Volume Four--Chapter Twelve.
End of the Night.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Volume Four--Chapter Thirteen.
Her Heart.
Two.
Three.

About the author

 Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film.
Bennett won a literary competition hosted by Tit-Bits magazine in 1889 and was encouraged to take up journalism full-time. In 1894, he became assistant editor of the periodical Woman. He noticed that the material offered by a syndicate to the magazine was not very good, so he wrote a serial which was bought by the syndicate for £75 (equivalent to £10,000 in 2015). He then wrote another. This became The Grand Babylon Hotel. Just over four years later, his first novel, A Man from the North, was published to critical acclaim and he became editor of the magazine.

From 1900 he devoted himself full-time to writing, giving up the editorship. He continued to write journalism despite the success of his career as a novelist. In 1926, at the suggestion of Lord Beaverbrook, he began writing an influential weekly article on books for the Evening Standard newspaper.

As well as the novels, much of Bennett's non-fiction work has stood the test of time. One of his most popular non-fiction works, which is still read to this day, is the self-help book How to Live on 24 Hours a Day. His diaries have yet to be published in full, but extracts from them are often quoted in the British press.
For much of the 20th Century, Bennett's work was affected by the Bloomsbury intellectuals' perception; it was not until the 1990s that a more positive view of his work became widely accepted. The noted English critic John Carey was a major influence on his rediscovery. He praises him in his 1992 book, The Intellectuals and the Masses. ISBN 978-0-571-16926-9., declaring Bennett to be his "hero" because his writings "represent a systematic dismemberment of the intellectuals' case against the masses" (p. 152). Carey offers here a well-considered assessment of Bennett and his works in the more general context of the sentiments prevailing during Bennett's lifetime.