CHAPTER XIX

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RACHEL AND MR. HORROCLEAVE

The Card Arnold Bennett CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. THE DANCE 7 II. THE WIDOW HULLINS'S HOUSE 27 III. THE PANTECHNICON 48 IV. WRECKING OF A LIFE 71 V. THE MERCANTILE MARINE 89 VI. HIS BURGLARY 112 VII. THE RESCUER OF DAMES 132 VIII. RAISING A WIGWAM 153 IX. THE GREAT NEWSPAPER WAR 177 X. HIS INFAMY 196 XI. IN THE ALPS 218 XII. THE SUPREME HONOUR 240

THE MATADOR OF THE FIVE TOWNS AND OTHER STORIES By Arnold Bennett

CONTENTS

TRAGIC

THE MATADOR OF THE FIVE TOWNS MIMI THE SUPREME ILLUSION THE LETTER AND THE LIE THE GLIMPSE

FROLIC

JOCK-AT-A-VENTURE THE HEROISM OF THOMAS CHADWICK UNDER THE CLOCK THREE EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF MR COWLISHAW, DENTIST CATCHING THE TRAIN THE WIDOW OF THE BALCONY THE CAT AND CUPID THE FORTUNE-TELLER THE LONG-LOST UNCLE THE TIGHT HAND WHY THE CLOCK STOPPED HOT POTATOES HALF-A-SOVEREIGN THE BLUE SUIT THE TIGER AND THE BABY THE REVOLVER AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE

TALES OF THE FIVE TOWNS By Arnold Bennett CONTENTS

## PART I

AT HOME

HIS WORSHIP THE GOOSEDRIVER

THE ELIXIR OF YOUTH

MARY WITH THE HIGH HAND

THE DOG

A FEUD

PHANTOM

TIDDY-FOL-LOL

THE IDIOT

## PART II

ABROAD

THE HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY

THE SISTERS QITA

NOCTURNE AT THE MAJESTIC

CLARICE OF THE AUTUMN CONCERTS

A LETTER HOME

THE PLAIN MAN AND HIS WIFE By Arnold Bennett

CONTENTS

THE PLAIN MAN AND HIS WIFE

I - ALL MEANS AND NO END

II - THE TASTE FOR PLEASURE

III - THE RISKS OF LIFE

IV - IN HER PLACE

LEONORA A NOVEL By Arnold Bennett

CONTENTS

II. MESHACH AND HANNAH

IV. AN INTIMACY

VI. COMIC OPERA

VIII. THE DANCE

X. IN THE GARDEN

XII. IN LONDON

LITERARY TASTE HOW TO FORM IT WITH DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR COLLECTING A COMPLETE LIBRARY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE By Arnold Bennett

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## CHAPTER I THE AIM 1

## CHAPTER II YOUR PARTICULAR CASE 9

## CHAPTER III WHY A CLASSIC IS A CLASSIC 18

## CHAPTER IV WHERE TO BEGIN 26 [pg vi]

## CHAPTER V HOW TO READ A CLASSIC 34

## CHAPTER VI THE QUESTION OF STYLE 43

## CHAPTER VII WRESTLING WITH AN AUTHOR 59

## CHAPTER VIII SYSTEM IN READING 68

## CHAPTER IX VERSE 76

## CHAPTER X BROAD COUNSELS 91 [pg vii]

## CHAPTER XI AN ENGLISH LIBRARY: PERIOD I 99

## CHAPTER XII AN ENGLISH LIBRARY: PERIOD II 108

## CHAPTER XIII AN ENGLISH LIBRARY: PERIOD III 114

## CHAPTER XIV MENTAL STOCKTAKING 127

THE LION'S SHARE

By Arnold Bennett 1916 CONTENTS