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The Regent

by Arnold BENNETT (1867 - 1931)

The Bank Note

The Regent

'The Regent' is, if not a sequel to 'The Card', then a 'Further Adventures of' the eponymous hero of that novel.Denry Machin is now forty-three and begins to feel that he is getting old, that making money and a happy home life are not enough and that he has lost his touch as the entrepreneur and entertainer of the 'Five Towns'.In fact, as he says to himself 'What I want is change - and a lot of it too!'. A chance meeting at the local theatre leads to his going to London and then... (Summary by A.J.M.)

Listen next episodes of The Regent:
Corner-Stone , Dealing With Elsie , Entry into the Theatrical World , Isabel , Lord Waldo and Lady Waldo , Mr. Sachs Talks , The First Night , Wilkins's