Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns cycle

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literary work series novel cycle

Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns cycle is a series of realist novels set in a fictionalized version of England’s Staffordshire Potteries, exploring the lives and social changes of its working- and middle-class inhabitants.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns cycle canonical	2
Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns novels	2
Five Towns novels	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary work series ⓘ novel cycle ⓘ
author	Arnold Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception	highly regarded for detailed social observation ⓘ
depicts	class relations ⓘ domestic life ⓘ industrialization ⓘ provincial English society ⓘ urban growth ⓘ
focusesOn	middle-class life ⓘ social change ⓘ working-class life ⓘ
genre	realist fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ
hasTheme	ambition ⓘ economic change ⓘ family relationships ⓘ gender roles ⓘ provincial vs metropolitan life ⓘ social mobility ⓘ
influenced	later British regional novels ⓘ
inspiredBy	Staffordshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ Stoke-on-Trent NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryMovement	Edwardian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeStyle	realism ⓘ
notableWorkInSeries	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 and Other Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ The Old Wives’ Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ These Twain NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrays	pottery industry ⓘ religious nonconformity ⓘ small-town politics ⓘ
settingLocation	Staffordshire Potteries NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingType	fictionalized industrial district ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ

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Subject: Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns cycle
Description of subject: Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns cycle is a series of realist novels set in a fictionalized version of England’s Staffordshire Potteries, exploring the lives and social changes of its working- and middle-class inhabitants.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Old Wives’ Tale → partOf → Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns cycle ⓘ

Clayhanger → includedIn → Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns cycle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns novels

These Twain → isPartOf → Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns cycle ⓘ

Anna of the Five Towns → partOf → Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns cycle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns novels

Hilda Lessways → partOf → Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns cycle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Five Towns novels