Chapter 41: The Envoy

THE AUTHOR'S CRAFT By Arnold Bennett

CONTENTS PART I. SEEING LIFE PART II. WRITING NOVELS PART III. WRITING PLAYS PART IV. THE ARTIST AND THE PUBLIC

MR. PROHACK By Arnold Bennett CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I THE NEW POOR II FROM THE DEAD III THE LAW IV EVE'S HEADACHE V CHARLIE VI SISSIE VII THE SYMPATHETIC QUACK VIII SISSIE'S BUSINESS IX COLLISION X THE THEORY OF IDLENESS XI NEURASTHENIA CURED XII THE PRACTICE OF IDLENESS XIII FURTHER IDLENESS XIV END OF AN IDLE DAY XV THE HEAVY FATHER XVI TRANSFER OF MIMI XVII ROMANCE XVIII A HOMELESS NIGHT XIX THE RECEPTION XX THE SILENT TOWER XXI EVE'S MARTYRDOM XXII MR. PROHACK'S TRIUMPH XXIII THE YACHT

HELEN WITH THE HIGH HAND by Arnold Bennett

CONTENTS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIV CHAPTER XXV CHAPTER XXVI CHAPTER XXVII

THE HUMAN MACHINE By Arnold Bennett

CONTENTS

TAKING ONESELF FOR GRANTED
AMATEURS IN THE ART OF LIVING
THE BRAIN AS A GENTLEMAN-AT-LARGE
THE FIRST PRACTICAL STEP
HABIT-FORMING BY CONCENTRATION
LORD OVER THE NODDLE
WHAT 'LIVING' CHIEFLY IS
THE DAILY FRICTION
'FIRE!'
MISCHIEVOUSLY OVERWORKING IT
AN INTERLUDE
AN INTEREST IN LIFE
SUCCESS AND FAILURE
A MAN AND HIS ENVIRONMENT
L.S.D.
REASON, REASON!

THE PRICE OF LOVE A TALE By Arnold Bennett 1914 CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. MONEY IN THE HOUSE CHAPTER II. LOUIS' DISCOVERY CHAPTER III. THE FEAST CHAPTER IV. IN THE NIGHT CHAPTER V. NEWS OF THE NIGHT CHAPTER VI. THEORIES OF THE THEFT CHAPTER VII. THE CINEMA CHAPTER VIII. END AND BEGINNING CHAPTER IX. THE MARRIED WOMAN CHAPTER X. THE CHASM CHAPTER XI. JULIAN'S DOCUMENT CHAPTER XII. RUNAWAY HORSES CHAPTER XIII. DEAD-LOCK CHAPTER XIV. THE MARKET CHAPTER XV. THE CHANGED MAN CHAPTER XVI. THE LETTER CHAPTER XVII. IN THE MONASTERY CHAPTER XVIII. MRS. TAMS'S STRANGE BEHAVIOUR