The Five Towns stories

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The Five Towns stories are a series of realist tales by Arnold Bennett depicting the lives, industry, and social changes of a group of pottery-manufacturing towns in England’s Staffordshire region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf realist fiction ⓘ
short story cycle ⓘ
associatedWithAuthorRegion The Potteries ⓘ
author Arnold Bennett ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
createdFictionalRegion The Five Towns ⓘ
linked to: Five Towns
criticalReputation important representation of English provincial industrial life ⓘ
depicts middle-class life in Staffordshire ⓘ
working-class life in Staffordshire ⓘ
focusesOn industrial life ⓘ
pottery industry ⓘ
social change ⓘ
genre realism ⓘ
hasForm interlinked stories ⓘ
recurring characters ⓘ
shared setting ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn industrial novels in English literature ⓘ
later regional English fiction ⓘ
inspiredBy The Six Towns of the Staffordshire Potteries ⓘ
literaryMovement Edwardian literature ⓘ
realist novel tradition ⓘ
literarySetting North Staffordshire ⓘ
Staffordshire Potteries ⓘ
mediaType prose ⓘ
notableWorkInCycle Anna of the Five Towns ⓘ
Clayhanger ⓘ
Hilda Lessways ⓘ
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns ⓘ
The Matador of the Five Towns ⓘ
The Old Wives’ Tale ⓘ
These Twain ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
recurringTheme class mobility ⓘ
domestic life ⓘ
economic ambition ⓘ
effects of industrialization ⓘ
provincial English life ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ

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Burslem → inLiterature → The Five Towns stories ⓘ
Arnold Bennett → knownFor → Five Towns novels ⓘ
linked to: The Five Towns stories
The Card → hasSequel → The Card: A Story of Adventure in the Five Towns ⓘ
linked to: The Five Towns stories
The Card → alsoKnownAs → The Card: A Story of Adventure in the Five Towns ⓘ
linked to: The Five Towns stories