Polite Farces for the Drawing-Room

Arnold Bennett is the most popular novelist of his day. The son of a wealthy Victorian industrialist, he is born into a life of privilege but soon becomes aware of a more complex world. In this new collection, Bennett's wit and satire are directed at the drawing-room comedies and polite farces which dominated the London stage in the 1890s. Bennett's Farces for the Drawing-Room offers a series of fast-paced comedies that are as hilarious as they are ingenious. These six short plays are guaranteed to have you laughing out loud with their witty dialogue and quick banter! Each story has something to say about the manners and morals of Victorian society.