Five Towns

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Five Towns is a fictional industrial district in Staffordshire, England, created by Arnold Bennett and based on the real Potteries, which serves as the backdrop for many of his novels.

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instanceOf fictional place
literary setting
appearsIn novels by Arnold Bennett
short stories by Arnold Bennett
associatedWith Staffordshire Potteries NERFINISHED
basedOn Stoke-on-Trent NERFINISHED
The Potteries NERFINISHED
correspondsTo Burslem NERFINISHED
Hanley NERFINISHED
Longton NERFINISHED
Stoke NERFINISHED
Tunstall NERFINISHED
country England
creator Arnold Bennett NERFINISHED
depictsIndustry ceramics
coal mining
ironworks
describedAs fictional industrial district
genre realist fiction setting
hasPart Bursley NERFINISHED
Hanbridge NERFINISHED
Knype NERFINISHED
Longshaw NERFINISHED
Turnhill NERFINISHED
hasTheme class conflict
industrial capitalism
social mobility
urbanization
languageOfWork English
literaryMovement Edwardian literature NERFINISHED
locatedIn Staffordshire
notableFor depiction of English pottery industry
settingFor stories about industrialization
stories about working-class life
timePeriodDepicted early 20th century
late 19th century
usedIn Anna of the Five Towns NERFINISHED
Clayhanger NERFINISHED
Hilda Lessways NERFINISHED
The Card NERFINISHED
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns NERFINISHED
The Matador of the Five Towns NERFINISHED
The Old Wives’ Tale NERFINISHED
These Twain

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Clayhanger settingLocation Five Towns