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These Twain

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These Twain is the third novel in Arnold Bennett's The Clayhanger Family trilogy, published in 1915. It follows the married life of Edwin Clayhanger and Hilda Lessways, exploring their attempts to reconcile their differing personalities and routines. The trilogy, which also includes Clayhanger (1910) and Hilda Lessways (1911), is set in the late 19th century in a fictionalized version of the Potteries region in Staffordshire, England. Bennett's novels are known for their detailed realism and focus on the lives of ordinary people in industrial settings.12

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