Enoch Arnold Bennett, known professionally as Arnold Bennett, was a prolific British novelist, playwright, critic, and essayist, born on May 27, 1867, in Hanley, Staffordshire, England. His body of work is characteristic of the realism that was permeating the literary scene in the early 20th century. Bennett's writing career began after he moved to London in the 1890s, where he worked as a journal...