City Of Pleasure [Paperback]

Arnold Bennett (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 12, 2008

The remarkable City of Pleasure is the background for a story of mystery, romance, humour and numerous complications. The dour, uninteresting, but rich Josephus Ilam finances Charles Carpentaria's dream amusement park, which in addition to all of the usual attractions has a concert hall, theatres, and an art gallery. They go up in a balloon, but Ilam is not amused and a business disagreement results. However, Illam is not all he seems - late one night Carpentaria sees him with something draped in black upon his back. Shots are fired, rope ladders used, poison administered, and .....!!

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About the Author

Enoch Arnold Bennett, the son of a solicitor, was born in Hanley, Staffordshire. At twenty-one, he moved to London, initially to work as a solicitor's clerk, but he soon turned to writing popular serial fiction and editing a women's magazine. After the publication of his first novel, A Man From the North in 1898, he became a professional writer. He moved to Paris and became a man of cosmopolitan and discerning tastes. Bennett's great reputation is built upon the success of his novels and short stories set in the Potteries, an area of north Staffordshire that he recreated as the 'Five Towns'. Anna of the Five Towns and The Old Wives' Tale show the influence of Flaubert, Maupassant and Balzac as Bennett describes provincial life in great detail. Arnold Bennett is an important link between the English novel and European realism. He wrote several plays and lighter works such as The Grand Babylon Hotel and The Card.

Product Details

• Paperback: 230 pages
• Publisher: House of Stratus (January 12, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0755115880
• ISBN-13: 978-0755115884
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)