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A comic gem of Arnold Bennett, Henry Leek is mistaken for Priam Farll at his death and is buried with every bit of ceremony in Westminster Abbey. Posing as Leek, Priam Farll makes his way through his new life, before Farll hid as a recluse due to his crippling shyness. With the... Read Full Overview

Priam Farll es el m s reputado pintor de Inglaterra: c lebre por sus cuadros sobre polic as y ping inos, es adorado por el p blico y la cr tica. T mido como un cervatillo, nadie conoce su aspecto, pues lleva a os viviendo en el extranjero junto con su criado Henry Leek, un granuja... Read Full Overview

Arnold Bennett was a prolific British writer who penned dozens of works across all genres, from adventurous fiction to propaganda and nonfiction. He wrote plays like "Judith" and historical novels "like Tales of the Five Towns."

Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days is a novel written by Arnold Bennett, first published in 1908. The story revolves around the life of a young man named Priam Farll, a famous painter who becomes disillusioned with his life and decides to fake his own death in order to start... Read Full Overview

"Buried Alive" from Arnold Bennett. English writer (1867-1931).

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The peculiar angle of the earth's axis to the plane of the ecliptic-that angle which is chiefly responsible for our geography and therefore for our history-had caused the phenomenon known in London as summer.