Author: | Arnold Bennett | ISBN: | 9781411463530 |
Publisher: | Barnes & Noble | Publication: | December 19, 2011 |
Imprint: | Barnes & Noble | Language: | English |
Author: | Arnold Bennett |
ISBN: | 9781411463530 |
Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
Publication: | December 19, 2011 |
Imprint: | Barnes & Noble |
Language: | English |
An ingenious satire, Buried Alive (1908) is Bennett at his most charming and wittiest. It is the story a renowned but exceedingly shy painter, Priam Farll, who assumes the identity of his dead valet, Henry Leek, as a means of avoiding press attention. The novel was enormously successful as a play, retitled The Great Adventure, and later as the film Holy Matrimony.
An ingenious satire, Buried Alive (1908) is Bennett at his most charming and wittiest. It is the story a renowned but exceedingly shy painter, Priam Farll, who assumes the identity of his dead valet, Henry Leek, as a means of avoiding press attention. The novel was enormously successful as a play, retitled The Great Adventure, and later as the film Holy Matrimony.