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Lilian

by Arnold Bennett

What happens when a young woman with a taste for adventure leaves her mundane job for a life of luxury and excitement? In his novel Lilian, Arnold Bennett tells the story of a young typist named Lilian who is seduced by the promises of a wealthy and charming man. Lilian leaves her job and her simple life behind to embark on a lavish adventure. But she soon realizes that the life she has chosen is not all it seems. Lilian's new lover is a controlling and manipulative man who expects her to submit to his every whim. He takes her to exotic places and buys her expensive things, but he also isolates her from her friends and family. Lilian begins to feel trapped and unhappy, but she is afraid to leave her lover for fear of losing the life of luxury she has come to enjoy.

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English

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English

Published In

1922

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Bennett is best known for his novels and short stories, many of which are set in a fictionalised version of the Potteries, which he called The Five Towns. He strongly believed that literature should b...

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