The Card (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781605972527)

Enoch Arnold Bennett was a British novelist.His most famous works are the Clayhanger trilogy, The Card and The Old Wives' Tale. These books draw on his experience of life in the Potteries, as did most of his best work. The Card is a short comedic novel written by Arnold Bennett in 1911. It was later made into a 1952 movie starring Alec Guinness and Petula Clark. It chronicles the rise of Edward Henry ("Denry") Machin from washerwoman's son to Mayor of Bursley (a fictitious town based on Burslem).

Author: Arnold Bennett
ISBN-10: 1605972525
ISBN-13: 9781605972527
Publisher: Book Jungle
Language: English
Published: 03/13/2008
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.59d