Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Arnold Bennett; lsquo;"The Title: A Comedy in Three Acts."rsquo; Set against the backdrop of World War I; this play is a rollicking send-up of Britainrsquo;s class system and its growing absurdity in the heady period of democratization that began to transpire in the early twentieth century. When mild-mannered protagonist Culver finds out that he is entitled to a formal honor (i.e.; a title); he begins to reconsider the age-old hierarchy and all that it entails. Enoch Arnold Bennett (always known as Arnold Bennett) was one of the most remarkable literary figures of his time; a product of the English Potteries that he made famous as the Five Towns. Yet he could hardly wait to escape his home town; and he did so by the sheer force of his ambition to succeed as an author. In his time he turned his hand to every kind of writing; but he will be remembered for such novels as The Old Wivesrsquo; Tale; the Clayhanger trilogy (Clayhanger; Hilda Lessways; and These Twain); and The Card. He also wrote such intriguing self-improvement books as Literary Taste; How To Live on 24 Hours a Day; The Human Machine; etc. After a local education Bennett finished his education at the University of London and for a time was editor of Woman magazine. After 1900 he devoted himself entirely to writing; dramatic criticism was one of his foremost interests. Bennett is best known; however; for his novels; several of which were written during his residence in France. Bennettrsquo;s infancy was spent in genteel poverty; which gave way to prosperity as his father succeeded as a solicitor. From this provincial background he became a novelist.His enduring fame is as a Chronicler of the Potteries towns; the setting and inspiration of some of his most famous and enduring literary work and the place where he grew up.
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