Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett
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The man who could write it is a complete master of tech- nique. It is episodic, but perfectly con- structed, and the manner of it exquisitely suited to the humour of the conception. Ironic commercialism, the crafty triumphs of an alert, yet unconscious, financial genius, have never been so vivaciously and faith- fully rendered. Nor is an occasional gentle- ness lacking. The disturbing features are 84 AENOLD BENNETT two — that the Card himself is presented as the pride and fine flower of Five To...wns life, and that Arnold Bennett also must be strongly suspected of admiring him. Now Denry Machin, a successful Five Towns financier, was something very hke a robber. He began by falsifying his marks at school ; and the author justifies it by saying that Denry was " not uncommonly vicious. Every schoolboy is dishonest, by the adult standard. " He proceeded to tamper with his employer's papers, to act as an un- registered moneylender (at five hundred and twenty per cent, per annum — threepence a week on each half-crown), to break off an engagement by dehberate and cheap rude- ness, and to bribe a footman to cause an opportune carriage accident.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The man who could write it is a complete master of tech- nique. It is episodic, but perfectly con- structed, and the manner of it exquisitely suited to the humour of the conception. Ironic commercialism, the crafty triumphs of an alert, yet unconscious, financial genius, have never been so vivaciously and faith- fully rendered. Nor is an occasional gentle- ness lacking. The disturbing features are 84 AENOLD BENNETT two — that the Card himself is presented as the pride and fine flower of Five To...wns life, and that Arnold Bennett also must be strongly suspected of admiring him. Now Denry Machin, a successful Five Towns financier, was something very hke a robber. He began by falsifying his marks at school ; and the author justifies it by saying that Denry was " not uncommonly vicious. Every schoolboy is dishonest, by the adult standard. " He proceeded to tamper with his employer's papers, to act as an un- registered moneylender (at five hundred and twenty per cent, per annum — threepence a week on each half-crown), to break off an engagement by dehberate and cheap rude- ness, and to bribe a footman to cause an opportune carriage accident.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by F J Harvey Frederick Joseph Harvey Darton to read onlineMoreLess
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