The Card

Written by:
Arnold Bennett
Narrated by:
Andy Minter

Unabridged Audiobook

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1
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1
Release Date
January 2016
Duration
7 hours 59 minutes
Summary
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)
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GilbertMouse

Fantastic narrator. Sweet story of a basically incredibly ordinary man who is good and does good and has amazing luck and you sometimes wish real life was like this!

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