A portrait of London's theatrical life

The Regent. A Five Towns story of adventure in London.

London: Methuen & Co, [1913].

Price: $75.00


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First edition. 319 [31 ads]pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A portrait of London's theatrical life. Very good original publisher's blue cloth with gilt impressed spine and title.

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Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) began writing full-time in 1900 after publishing his first novel, A Man from the North, in 1898. He remains best known today for The Old Wives' Tale, published in 1908.

Bennett served as the director of propaganda for France at the Ministry of Information during World Wra I, for which work he was later offered a knighthood. He declined the honor.

This novel is an affectionate satire of London theatrical society and a sequel to Bennett's novel The Card.