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THE MATADOR

OF THE FIVE TOWNS

AND OTHER STORIES

BY ARNOLD BENNETT





BY THE SAME AUTHOR


NOVELS

  • A MAN FROM THE NORTH
  • ANNA OF THE FIVE TOWNS
  • LEONORA
  • A GREAT MAN
  • SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE
  • WHOM GOD HATH JOINED
  • BURIED ALIVE
  • THE OLD WIVES' TALE
  • THE GLIMPSE
  • HELEN WITH THE HIGH HAND
  • CLAYHANGER
  • HILDA LESSWAYS
  • THE CARD

FANTASIAS

  • THE GRAND BABYLON HOTEL
  • THE GATES OF WRATH
  • TERESA OF WATLING STREET
  • THE LOOT OF CITIES
  • HUGO
  • THE GHOST
  • THE CITY OF PLEASURE

SHORT STORIES

  • TALES OF THE FIVE TOWNS
  • THE GRIM SMILE OF THE FIVE TOWNS

BELLES-LETTRES

  • JOURNALISM FOR WOMEN
  • FAME AND FICTION
  • HOW TO BECOME AN AUTHOR
  • THE TRUTH ABOUT AN AUTHOR
  • THE REASONABLE LIFE
  • HOW TO LIVE ON TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY
  • THE HUMAN MACHINE
  • LITERARY TASTE
  • THE FEAST OF ST FRIEND

DRAMA

  • POLITE FARCES
  • CUPID AND COMMON SENSE
  • WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS
  • THE HONEYMOON

(In Collaboration with EDEN PHILLPOTTS)

  • THE SINEWS OF WAR: A ROMANCE
  • THE STATUE: A ROMANCE


First Published in 1912.



CONTENTS


TRAGIC

FROLIC