The Card & The Regent
Adventures of Denry the AudaciousBy Arnold Bennett
Length18h 24m
About this audiobook
"The Card" is a comic novel set in the Potteries District of Staffordshire. It chronicles the rise of Edward Henry "Denry" Machin from washerwoman's son to Mayor of Bursley. This is accomplished through luck, initiative and a fair bit of cheek or chutzpah. At age 12, Denry begins his career by altering his marks in a test sufficiently to earn him a scholarship to grammar school. At 16, he leaves school to work for Mr. Duncalf, the town clerk and a solicitor. When Duncalf organizes an exclusive ball, Denry "invites" himself and takes lessons from dance instructor Ruth Earp. On a bet, he audaciously asks the energetic, beautiful Countess of Chell to dance, and he thus earns himself the reputation of a "card" – a reputation he is determined to cement.
"The Regent" is sequel to "The Card" in which Denry Machin returns, as the slightly more mature Edward Henry, a self-made success in the Midlands, who still relishes his reputation as a bit of a card. He has money, charm and ingenuity, but no taste. Despite his wealth and influence he is still in a need for an adventure so he decides to have a take on London theatrical society.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Humor
Length18 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 9, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Card
14The Regent
2Chapter 1 The Dance
15PART I
3Chapter 2 The Widow Hullins's House
16Chapter I Dog-bite
4Chapter 3 The Pantechnicon
17Chapter II The Bank-note
5Chapter 4 Wrecking Of A Life
18Chapter III Wilkins's
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6Chapter 5 The Mercantile Marine
19Chapter IV Entry Into the Theatrical World
7Chapter 6 His Burglary
20Chapter V Mr Sachs Talks
8Chapter 7 The Rescuer Of Dames
21Chapter VI Lord Woldo and Lady Woldo
9Chapter 8 Raising A Wigwam
22PART II
10Chapter 9 The Great Newspaper War
23Chapter VII Corner-stone
11Chapter 10 His Infamy
24Chapter VIII Dealing With Elsie
12Chapter 11 In The Alps
25Chapter IX The First Night
13Chapter 12 The Supreme Honour
26Chapter X Isabel
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