Arnold Bennett

Arnold Bennett, best novels

Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867 - 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. 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. In 1908 The Old Wives' Tale was published and was an immediate success throughout the English-speaking world. After a visit to America in 1911, where he had been publicized and acclaimed as no other visiting writer since Charles Dickens, he returned to England where Old Wives' Tale was reappraised and hailed as a masterpiece. In this book: How to Live on 24 Hours a Day The City Of Pleasure Paris Nights