The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns
The Card is a comic novel written by Arnold Bennett in 1911. It was later made into a 1952 movie starring Alec Guinness and Petula Clark. Like much of Bennett's best work, it is set in the Potteries District of Staffordshire. It chronicles the rise of Edward Henry Machin from washerwoman's son to Mayor of Bursley.
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