The Grand Babylon Hotel: A Fantasia On Modern Themes (Twentieth Century Classics S.) - Softcover

Focusing on Theodore Racksole's discovery of the world inside the luxury hotel he purchased on a whim, this book records the mysterious comings and goings of the eccentric aristocrats, stealthy conspirators and great nobles. The author wrote "The Card", "The Old Wives' Tale" and "The Roll Call".

Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was one of the most versatile, ambitious and successful British novelists of the early 20th century. His novels and short stories both celebrate and deplore a rapidly changing Britain. Much of his greatest work is set where he grew up, in the Potteries of the West Midlands. Inspired by Zola and Maupassant, he realized that this world of brutal industrial work and rapid social change, religious severity and material temptation, was the perfect backdrop for everything from comedy to tragedy. He died of typhoid.