Arnold Bennett 
The Lion’s Share 

The Lion’s Share by Arnold Bennett is a satirical novel that takes a witty and insightful look at the world of business and finance. Bennett was an English author of short stories and novels. Excerpt: ‘He looked up at her inquiringly…. Strange, short-frocked blue figure looking down at him! She had a bulging forehead; her brown eyes were tunnelled underneath it. But what living eyes, what ardent eyes, that blazed up and sank like a fire! What delicate and exact mirrors of the secret traffic between her soul and the soul of the world! She had full cheeks, and a large mouth ripe red, inviting and provocative. In the midst, an absurd small unprominent nose that meant nothing! Her complexion was divine, surpassing all similes. To caress that smooth downy cheek (if you looked close you could see the infinitesimal down against the light like an aura on the edge of the silhouette), even to let the gaze dwell on it, what an enchantment!… She considered herself piquant and comely, and she was not deceived. She had long hands.’