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All of society believes former actress Helen Grey to be mad, but after a decade imprisoned in a crumbling Yorkshire asylum, she's managed to cling to sanity. When a new doctor arrives, she finally sees an opportunity for freedom, and she'll do anything to not let it slip between her fingers. Dr. William Carter knows Miss Grey is using him, but he can't blame her. She's no madder than he is, yet she's spent years in this place. He'll help her escape, but they can't cross the line and give in to temptation—no matter how much he would like.­

This is a selection of short stories recounting, with gentle satire and tolerant good humour, the small town provincial life at the end of the nineteenth century, based around the six towns in the county of Staffordshire, England, known as the Potteries. Arnold Bennett chose to fictionalize these towns by changing their names and omitting one (Fenton) as he apparently felt that "Five Towns" was more euphonious than "Six Towns".

Theodore Racksole, a rich American multimillionaire, buys the Grand Babylon Hotel, a luxurious hotel in London, as a whim - and then finds out there are strange things going on: a German prince is supposed to arrive but never turns up, someone is found murdered in the hotel, but then the body disappears. With the help of his independent daughter Nella and another German prince, Racksole sets out to solve the mystery.

Arnold Bennett hyllades under sin livstid som en av den engelskspråkiga världens största men också mest varmhjärtade realister. "Systrarna" från 1908 kom att bli hans mästerverk och har filmatiserats flera gånger med stor framgång. Här får vi följa systrarna Sophia och Constances resa genom livet från barndom till ålderdom. Sophia väljer den stora världen i Paris och Constance stannar i provinsstaden men 1800-talets snabba förändringar drabbar dem båda.

Arnold Bennett hyllades under sin livstid som en av den engelskspråkiga världens största men också mest varmhjärtade realister. "Systrarna" från 1908 kom att bli hans mästerverk och har filmatiserats flera gånger med stor framgång. Här får vi följa systrarna Sophia och Constances resa genom livet från barndom till ålderdom. Sophia väljer den stora världen i Paris och Constance stannar i provinsstaden men 1800-talets snabba förändringar drabbar dem båda.