Anna Tellwright

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Anna Tellwright is the introspective and dutiful young heroine of Arnold Bennett’s novel "Anna of the Five Towns," whose coming-of-age story explores themes of religious constraint, family obligation, and personal independence in an industrial English town.

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instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Anna of the Five Towns
associatedPlace the Five Towns
linked to: Five Towns
centralConflict conflict between family loyalty and independence
tension between religious duty and personal desire
characterTrait dutiful
introspective
creator Arnold Bennett
familyName Tellwright
fictionalUniverse Anna of the Five Towns
gender female
givenName Anna
languageOfWork English
literaryPeriod Edwardian literature
literarySignificance example of a constrained middle-class heroine in early 20th-century English fiction
narrativeFunction coming-of-age heroine
nationality English
role protagonist
setting industrial English town
themeInvolvement family obligation
personal independence
religious constraint
workGenre novel of manners
realist novel

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Anna of the Five Towns mainCharacter Anna Tellwright
Anna of the Five Towns protagonist Anna Tellwright
Ephraim Tellwright parentOf Anna Tellwright
Henry Mynors loveInterestOf Anna Tellwright
Henry Mynors associatedWith Anna Tellwright
Willie Price interactsWith Anna Tellwright
Willie Price admires Anna Tellwright
Willie Price elicitsEmotionIn Anna Tellwright
Titus Price influences Anna Tellwright
Titus Price affectsLifeOf Anna Tellwright
Agnes Tellwright siblingOf Anna Tellwright
Agnes Tellwright narrativeFunction contrasts with Anna Tellwright
linked to: Anna Tellwright