Front matter
Reading edition
BY
ARNOLD BENNETT
THIRTEENTH EDITION
METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON
First issued in this Cheap Form (Third Edition) - September 5th 1912 Fourth Edition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - September 1912 Fifth Edition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - February 1913 Sixth Edition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - July 1913 Seventh Edition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - April 1914 Eighth Edition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - September 1914 Ninth Edition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - November 1915 Tenth Edition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - July 1916 Eleventh Edition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - March 1917 Twelfth Edition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - February 1918 Thirteenth Edition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1919 This Book was First Published by Messrs Chatto & Windus - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - September 11th, 1902 Second Edition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - November 1902
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK WITH AFFECTION AND ADMIRATION TO
HERBERT SHARPE
AN ARTIST WHOSE INDIVIDUALITY AND ACHIEVEMENT HAVE CONTINUALLY INSPIRED ME
'Therefore, although it be a history Homely and rude, I will relate the same For the delight of a few natural hearts.'
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. THE KINDLING OF LOVE
II. THE MISER'S DAUGHTER
III. THE BIRTHDAY
IV. A VISIT
V. THE REVIVAL
VI. WILLIE
VII. THE SEWING MEETING
VIII. ON THE BANK
IX. THE TREAT
X. THE ISLE
XI. THE DOWNFALL
XII. AT THE PRIORY
XIII. THE BAZAAR
XIV. END OF A SIMPLE SOUL
ANNA OF THE FIVE TOWNS