The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett

"The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns" by Arnold Bennett is a comic novel written in 1911. It follows Edward Henry "Denry" Machin's audacious rise from washerwoman's son to Mayor of Bursley in the Staffordshire Potteries. Through cheek, luck, and initiative, Denry schemes his way upward—altering test scores, crashing exclusive balls, profiting from shipwrecks, and launching a thrift club. His colorful adventures and irrepressible charm make him the town's most beloved "card"—a character who specializes in cheering everyone up. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931
Title The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Card
Credits Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Carol David and PG Distributed Proofreaders
Reading Level Reading ease score: 73.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject City and town life -- Fiction
Subject Adventure stories
Subject Staffordshire (England) -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 12986
Release Date
Last Update Oct 28, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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