{"product_id":"2940014637572","title":"ARNOLD BENNETT THE COMPLETE WORKS Vol. I (Special NOOK Edition) WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER The Complete Works Collection Vol I of Arnold Bennett, Including THE OLD WIVES' TALE, THE GRAND BABYLON HOTEL, CLAYHANGER, TALES OF THE FIVE TOWNS and More! [NOOKBook]","description":"ARNOLD BENNETT | THE COMPLETE WORKS Vol. I \u003cbr\u003e(Special NOOK Edition) \u003cbr\u003eWORLDWIDE BESTSELLER \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Complete Works Collection Vol I of Arnold Bennett \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluding THE OLD WIVES' TALE, THE GRAND BABYLON HOTEL, CLAYHANGER, TALES OF THE FIVE TOWNS and More! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[NOOKBook]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEXCERPT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sophia fled along the passage leading to the shop and took refuge in the cutting-out room, a room which the astonishing architect had devised upon what must have been a backyard of one of the three constituent houses. It was lighted from its roof, and only a wooden partition, eight feet high, separated it from the passage. Here Sophia gave rein to her feelings; she laughed and cried together, weeping generously into her handkerchief and wildly giggling, in a hysteria which she could not control. The spectacle of Mr. Povey mourning for a tooth which he thought he had swallowed, but which in fact lay all the time in her pocket, seemed to her to be by far the most ridiculous, side-splitting thing that had ever happened or could happen on earth. It utterly overcame her. And when she fancied that she had exhausted and conquered its surpassing ridiculousness, this ridiculousness seized her again and rolled her anew in depths of mad, trembling laughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGradually she grew calmer. She heard the parlour door open, and Constance descend the kitchen steps with a rattling tray of tea-things. Tea, then, was finished, without her! Constance did not remain in the kitchen, because the cups and saucers were left for Maggie to wash up as a fitting coda to Maggie’s monthly holiday. The parlour door closed. And the vision of Mr. Povey in his antimacassar swept Sophia off into another convulsion of laughter and tears. Upon this the parlour door opened again, and Sophia choked herself into silence while Constance hastened along the passage. In a minute Constance returned with her woolwork, which she had got from the showroom, and the parlour received her. Not the least curiosity on the part of Constance as to what had become of Sophia!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE GRAND BABYLON HÔTEL\u003cbr\u003eLEONORA\u003cbr\u003eA GREAT MAN: A FROLIC\u003cbr\u003eSACRED AND PROFANE LOVE\u003cbr\u003eHUGO: A FANTASIA ON MODERN THEMES\u003cbr\u003eTHE GHOST: A MODERN FANTASY\u003cbr\u003eBURIED ALIVE: A TALE OF THESE DAYS\u003cbr\u003eTHE OLD WIVES' TALE\u003cbr\u003eTHE CARD\u003cbr\u003eHELEN WITH THE HIGH HAND\u003cbr\u003eCLAYHANGER\u003cbr\u003eHILDA LESSWAYS\u003cbr\u003eTHE REGENT\u003cbr\u003eTHE PRICE OF LOVE\u003cbr\u003eTHE LION’S SHARE\u003cbr\u003eTHE PRETTY LADY\u003cbr\u003eTHE ROLL-CALL\u003cbr\u003eMR. PROHACK\u003cbr\u003eTALES OF THE FIVE TOWNS\u003cbr\u003eTHE GRIM SMILE OF THE FIVE TOWNS\u003cbr\u003eTHE MATADOR OF THE FIVE TOWNS AND OTHER STORIES\u003cbr\u003eTHE TITLE: A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS\u003cbr\u003eTHE GREAT ADVENTURE\u003cbr\u003eJUDITH\u003cbr\u003eJOURNALISM FOR WOMEN\u003cbr\u003eLITERARY TASTE: HOW TO FORM IT\u003cbr\u003eHOW TO LIVE ON TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY\u003cbr\u003eTHE FEAST OF ST. FRIEND\u003cbr\u003eYOUR UNITED STATES\u003cbr\u003eTHE PLAIN MAN AND HIS WIFE\u003cbr\u003eTHE AUTHOR'S CRAFT\u003cbr\u003eTHE HUMAN MACHINE\u003cbr\u003eBOOKS AND PERSONS COMMENTS ON A PAST EPOCH\u003cbr\u003eOVER THERE","brand":"The Complete Works Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146197385456,"sku":"2940014637572","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014637572_p0.jpg?v=1763612716","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014637572","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}