Stories of Bursley, Hanbridge and the other pottery towns of Staffordshire. A stepson’s prank turns from joke to tragedy in The Lion’s Share, a local magnate arranges a lawful burglary, Vera has her Christmas adventures, and in The Death of Simon Fuge a London visitor learns what the Five Towns really thought of a famous painter.
Bennett at his most observant, with one of the finest English short stories of its decade. Download the free EPUB.