The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781537000015)

The Card is a short comic novel written by Arnold Bennett in 1911. Like much of Bennett's best work, it is set in the Potteries District of Staffordshire. It chronicles the rise of Edward Henry ("Denry") Machin from washerwoman's son to Mayor of Bursley (a fictitious town based on Burslem). This is accomplished through luck, initiative and a fair bit of chutzpah (in slang a card is a 'character', an 'original'; a clever, audacious, person).

Author: Arnold Bennett
ISBN-10: 1537000012
ISBN-13: 9781537000015
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 08/12/2016
Pages: 286
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d