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    The Card (Librovox)
    The Card (Librovox)
    The Card (Librovox)
    Audiobook7 hours

    The Card (Librovox)

    Written by Arnold Bennett

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook

    The ‘Card’ in question is Edward Henry Machin - His mother called him ‘Denry’. This light-hearted story is of his rise from humble beginnings as the son of a washerwoman and sempstress in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, in the pottery towns (which Arnold Bennett christened ‘The Five Towns’) of the English Midlands; how, by his own wits, enterprise and ‘nerve’ he rose to wealth, married bliss and public recognition as the youngest-ever mayor of his home town.

    “’And yet,’ demanded Councillor Barlow, ‘what’s he done? What great cause is he identified with?’
    ‘He’s identified,’ said the speaker, ‘with the great cause of cheering us all up’.” (summary by Andy Minter)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    The Card (Librovox)
    Author

    Arnold Bennett

    Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) was an English novelist renowned as a prolific writer throughout his entire career. The most financially successful author of his day, he lent his talents to numerous short stories, plays, newspaper articles, novels, and a daily journal totaling more than one million words.

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