How to Live on Twenty-four Hours a Day [Paperback]

Arnold Bennett (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2007

Since the invention of the clock, humans have become keenly aware of time-both how much they have and how quickly it slips away. In this classic book on time management, Bennett instructs his readers on how to live life to the fullest, given that there are twenty-four hours in a day and always so much to accomplish. Managing time, not money, is the true route to happiness. You can get more money. But time is parceled out at the same rate for everyone, no matter their class or income. Time, the rarest commodity, cannot be made to last, but it can be lived. And by living it properly, anyone can improve their level of satisfaction and happiness. British writer ARNOLD BENNETT (1867-1931) wrote both fiction and nonfiction, but he is best known for the novels Anna of the Five Towns (1902), Buried Alive (1908), and Clayhanger (1910).

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About the Author

Arnold Bennett is famous for his realistic novels about the Five Towns - the 'Five Towns' being the pottery towns of his youth. His virtuosity as a writer was his manner of depicting simple things and ordinary people in an intriguing way for the readers. He has a warm and kind understanding for his characters, particularly when describing the intricate details of their dreary routine lives. (Enoch) Arnold Bennett was born in Hanley, Staffordshire, in 1867. Arnold followed his father into the legal profession but at the age of 21, he decided to leave his father's firm and moved to London and worked as a solicitor's clerk. He won a literary competition in ""Tit Bits"" magazine in 1889 and in 1893 became assistant editor of the journal, Woman. He published his first essentially autobiographical novel The Man from the North in 1898. His best work is contained in his novels of the 'Five Towns' which include Anna of the Five Towns (1902), The Old Wives' Tale (1908), Clayhanger (1910), The Card (1911), Hilda Lessways (1911) and These Twain (1916). During the First World War, he became Director of Propaganda at the War Ministry. He refused a knighthood in 1918. In 1926, he began writing an influential weekly article on books for the Evening Standard newspaper. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 60 pages
• Publisher: Cosimo Classics (March 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1602060746
• ISBN-13: 978-1602060746
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,039,792 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Time Management Explored, December 20, 2005

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This review is from: How to Live on Twenty Four Hours a Day (Paperback)

Quaint but interesting look at how to live life long before there was technology living a great deal of it for us. A fascinating read from a historical point of view.

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enlightening, April 25, 2009

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This review is from: How to Live on Twenty Four Hours a Day (Paperback)

In a word: enlightening. I find the book as applicable today as I'm sure it was back then. This is surprising in more than one way.