Bennett’s first collection of stories set in the Staffordshire Potteries, the Five Towns he would make famous. In the first half, ‘At Home’, a festive Bursley December brings a goose-driver’s mock civic glory, and the pottery towns’ tradesmen, aldermen and young lovers go about their ambitions and vanities; the second half, ‘Abroad’, follows Five Towns folk out into the wider world.
Shrewd, humorous stories that prepare the ground for The Old Wives’ Tale and Clayhanger. Download the free EPUB.