# List of works by Arnold Bennett

The English novelist, journalist and playwright Arnold Bennett wrote prolifically between 1898 and his death in 1931. This is a list of his published books and adaptations of his works for stage and screen.

## Fiction
### Novels

| Title | Subtitle | Date (UK) | Date (US) | Notes |
| A Man from the North | | 1898 | 1898 | |
| Anna of the Five Towns | A novel | 1902 | 1903 | |
| The Grand Babylon Hotel | A fantasia on modern themes | 1902 | 1902 | First published serially from February 1901. Published in US as Racksole and Daughter |
| The Gates of Wrath | A melodrama | 1903 | –– | First published serially from October 1899 |
| Leonora | | 1903 | 1910 | |
| A Great Man | A frolic | 1904 | 1910 | |
| Teresa of Watling Street | A fantasia on modern themes | 1904 | –– | |
| Sacred and Profane Love | A novel in three episodes | 1905 | 1911 | Revised edition published in US as The Book of Carlotta |
| Hugo | A fantasia on modern themes | 1906 | 1906 | First published serially from May 1905 |
| Whom God Hath Joined | | 1906 | 1911 | |
| The Sinews of War | A romance of London and the sea | 1906 | 1906 | Written in collaboration with Eden Phillpotts. First published serially from March 1906. Published in US as Doubloons |
| The Ghost | A fantasia on modern themes | 1907 | 1907 | |
| The City of Pleasure | A fantasia on modern themes | 1907 | 1915 | First published serially from January 1906 |
| The Statue | | 1908 | 1908 | With Philpotts |
| Buried Alive | A tale of these days | 1908 | 1910 | |
| The Old Wives' Tale | A novel | 1908 | 1911 | |
| The Glimpse | An adventure of the soul | 1909 | 1909 | |
| Helen with a High Hand | An idyllic diversion | 1910 | 1910 | First published serially from June 1909 as The Miser's Niece |
| Clayhanger | | 1910 | | |
| The Card | A story of adventure in the Five Towns | 1911 | 1911 | First published serially from February 1910 as Denry the Audacious and published in the US under that title |
| Hilda Lessways | | 1911 | 1911 | Second volume of Clayhanger trilogy |
| The Regent | A Five Towns story of adventure in London | 1913 | | Sequel to The Card. First published serially from November 1912 (UK) and December 1912 (US). Published in the US as The Old Adam |
| The Price of Love | A tale | 1914 | 1914 | First published serially from December 1913 |
| These Twain | | 1916 | 1915 | Third volume of Clayhanger trilogy. First published serially from September 1915 |
| The Lion's Share | | 1916 | 1916 | First published serially from October 1915 |
| The Pretty Lady | A novel | 1918 | 1918 | |
| The Roll-Call | | 1918 | 1918 | Sequel to the Clayhanger trilogy |
| Mr Prohack | | 1922 | 1922 | First published serially from July 1921 |
| Lilian | | 1922 | 1922 | First published serially from July 1922 |
| Riceyman Steps | A novel | 1923 | 1923 | |
| Lord Raingo | | 1926 | 1926 | First published serially from September 1926 |
| The Vanguard | A fantasia | 1928 | 1927 | Published in UK as The Strange Vanguard |
| Accident | | 1929 | 1928 | First published serially as Train de luxe from July 1928 |
| Imperial Palace | | 1930 | 1930 | |
| Dream of Destiny | | 1932 | 1932 | Unfinished novel |
Sources: New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature and Arnold Bennett by Margaret Drabble.

### Short stories
## Non-fiction
### Journals

* Volumes 1 and 2 (1896–1921), edited by Newman Flower, 1932
* Volume (1921–1928), edited by Flower, 1933
* Journal for 1929, edited by Bennett, 1930
* Selections from the complete journals, edited and selected by Frank Swinnerton, 1954 (revised edition, with additions, 1971)
* Florentine Journal, 1910 with illustrations by Bennett, 1967

### Letters

* The Letters of Arnold Bennett edited by James Hepburn, four volumes, 1966–1986
Sources: Arnold Bennett by Frank Swinnerton; Arnold Bennett by Margaret Drabble.

## Adaptations by others
### Cinema

* The Grand Babylon Hotel (1916)
* Milestones (1916)
* Milestones (1920)
* The Great Adventure (1921)
* The Old Wives' Tale (1921)
* The Card (1922)
* His Double Life (1933)
* Holy Matrimony (1943)
* Dear Mr. Prohack (1949)
* The Card (1952)

### Television

* The Great Adventure: BBC 1939, with D. A. Clarke-Smith, Marda Vanne and Felix Aylmer
* The Great Adventure: BBC 1947, with Harold Scott, Iris Baker and Richard Goolden
* The Title: BBC 1950, with Jill Esmond and Raymond Huntley
* Milestones: BBC 1950, with Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray
* The Great Adventure: BBC 1958, with Margaret Lockwood and Alec Clunes
* Hilda Lessways: BBC 1959 – six-part dramatisation of Clayhanger and Hilda Lessways, with Judi Dench
* What the Public Wants: BBC 1959, with Patrick Wymark, Dulcie Gray and Hugh Burden
* The Old Wives' Tale: BBC 1964 – five-part dramatisation, with Frances Cuka and Lana Morris
* Lord Raingo: BBC 1966 – four-part dramatisation, with Kenneth More
* Imperial Palace: BBC 1969 – four-part dramatisation, with Roy Dotrice and Cyril Luckham
* Whom God Hath Joined: BBC 1970, with Brian Blessed
* The Price of Love: BBC 1970, with Stephan Chase
* Clayhanger ATV 1976 – 26-part adaptation by Douglas Livingstone of Clayhanger, Hilda Lessways and These Twain, with Peter McEnery, Denis Quilley, Janet Suzman and Harry Andrews
* Anna of the Five Towns: BBC 1985 – four-part dramatisation by John Harvey, with Lynsey Beauchamp, Emrys James, Peter Davison, Anton Lesser and Anna Cropper
* Sophia and Constance: BBC 1988 – six-part dramatisation of The Old Wives' Tale by John Harvey, with Lynsey Beauchamp, Katy Behean and Patricia Routledge
Sources: BBC Genome and British Film Institute.

### Stage

* Clayhanger: adapted by Joyce Cheeseman and Peter Terson, Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, November 1967
* Anna of the Five Towns: adapted by Joyce Cheeseman, Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, August 1969
* The Old Wives’ Tale: adapted by Joyce Cheeseman, Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, August 1971
* The Card: adapted by Joyce Cheeseman, Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, August 1973 and New Vic Theatre, October 1991. Also adapted by Deborah McAndrew for Claybody Theatre Company, Stoke-on-Trent, 2022
* Riceyman Steps: adapted by Joyce Cheeseman, Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, September 1982
* Buried Alive: adapted by Joyce Holliday (formerly Cheeseman), New Vic, March 1988
* The Pretty Lady: adapted by Joyce Holliday, New Vic, September 1990
Source: Victoria Theatre Collection, Special Collections, Thompson Library, Staffordshire University