<p>Arnold Bennett's 'A Great Man: A Frolic' is a hidden gem in the canon of early 20th-century British literature. Here, Bennett weaves a narrative that oscillates between a satiric romp and a more earnest exploration of artistic ambition and human folly. Published during a time of social transformation and budding literary modernism, its style exhibits a playful yet incisive tone, skewering the hypocrisies and pretensions of the cultural elite. ...