The Card
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)
Genre(s): General Fiction
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | Chapter 1 – The Dance | Andy Minter (1934-2017) |
00:39:05 |
| Play 02 | Chapter 2 – The Widow Hullin’s House | Andy Minter (1934-2017) |
00:41:03 |
| Play 03 | Chapter 3 – The Pantechnicol | Andy Minter (1934-2017) |
00:44:29 |
| Play 04 | Chapter 4 – The Wrecking of a Life | Andy Minter (1934-2017) |
00:36:20 |
| Play 05 | Chapter 5 – The Mercantile Marine | Andy Minter (1934-2017) |
00:43:05 |
| Play 06 | Chapter 6 – His Burglary | Andy Minter (1934-2017) |
00:39:40 |
| Play 07 | Chapter 7 – The Rescuer of Dames | Andy Minter (1934-2017) |
00:40:50 |
| Play 08 | Chapter 8 – Raising a Wigwam | Andy Minter (1934-2017) |
00:43:24 |
| Play 09 | Chapter 9 – The Great Newspaper War | Andy Minter (1934-2017) |
00:36:39 |
| Play 10 | Chapter 10 – His Infamy | Andy Minter (1934-2017) |
00:41:35 |
| Play 11 | Chapter 11 – In the Alps | Andy Minter (1934-2017) |
00:41:09 |
| Play 12 | Chapter 12 – The Supreme Honour | Andy Minter (1934-2017) |
00:31:02 |