Helen with the High Hand Idyllic Diversion |
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| Author:
| Bennett, Arnold |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4928-6709-8 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $7.75 |
Book Description:
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"Refreshing light comedy describing the shrewd and obstinate conflict between an extravagant niece and a miserly old uncle." -New York State Library Bulletin, No. 41-50, Vol. 4, 1912
"Mr. Arnold Bennett is the most versatile and the most astonishing novelist now writing in the English language....'Helen with the High Hand' is an admirable piece of light comedy." -The Daily News
"Of the several Mr. Arnold Bennetts who write between them a mighty lot of books, plays, and...
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"Refreshing light comedy describing the shrewd and obstinate conflict between an extravagant niece and a miserly old uncle." -New York State Library Bulletin, No. 41-50, Vol. 4, 1912
"Mr. Arnold Bennett is the most versatile and the most astonishing novelist now writing in the English language....'Helen with the High Hand' is an admirable piece of light comedy." -The Daily News
"Of the several Mr. Arnold Bennetts who write between them a mighty lot of books, plays, and articles, the pleasantest companion is the Mr. Arnold Bennett who writes stories like 'Helen with the High Hand." -Times
"A story through the perusal of which one ever smiles without ceasing, except when one is stopping to laugh." -Country Life
"The story is told with that microscopic fidelity to detail that is characteristic of Mr. Bennett's methods. Beneath his humorous and illuminating touch 'The Five Towns' glow with a reflected familiarity." -Daily Graphic
"Delightful." - Sketch
In the Five Towns human nature is reported to be so hard that you can break stones on it. Yet sometimes it softens, and then we have one of our rare idylls of which we are very proud, while pretending not to be. The soft and delicate South would possibly not esteem highly our idylls, as such. Nevertheless they are our idylls, idyllic for us, and reminding us, by certain symptoms, that though we never cry there is concealed somewhere within our bodies a fount of happy tears.
CONTENTS
I BEGINNING OF THE IDYLL
II AN AFFAIR OF THE SEVENTIES
III MARRYING OFF A MOTHER
IV INVITATION TO TEA
V A SALUTATION
VI MRS. BUTT'S DEPARTURE
VII THE NEW COOK
VIII OMELET
IX A GREAT CHANGE
X A CALL
XI ANOTHER CALL
XII BREAKFAST
XIII THE WORLD
XIV SONG, SCENE AND DANCE
XV THE GIFT
XVI THE HALL AND ITS RESULT
XVII DESCENDANTS OF MACHIAVELLI
XVIII CHICANE
XIX THE TOSSING
XX THE FLITTING
XXI SHIP AND OCEAN
XXII CONFESSIONAL
XXIII NOCTURNAL
XXIV SEEING A LADY HOME
XXV GIRLISH CONFIDENCES
XXVI THE CONCERT
XXVII UNKNOTTING AND KNOTTING