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WORKS BY ARNOLD BENNETT

NOVELS

A MAN FROM THE NORTH
ANNA OF THE FIVE TOWNS
LEONORA
A GREAT MAN
SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE
WHOM GOD HATH JOINED
BURIED ALIVE
THE OLD WIVES' TALE
THE GLIMPSE
LILIAN
MR. PROHACK
LORD RAINGO
IMPERIAL PALACE
HELEN WITH THE HIGH HAND
THE PRICE OF LOVE
CLAYHANGER
HILDA LESSWAYS
THESE TWAIN
THE ROLL CALL
THE CARD
THE REGENT
THE LION'S SHARE
THE PRETTY LADY
RICEYMAN STEPS
THE STRANGE VANGUARD
ACCIDENT

FANTASIAS

THE GRAND BABYLON HOTEL
THE GATES OF WRATH
TERESA OF WATLING STREET
THE LOOT OF CITIES
HUGO
THE GHOST
THE CITY OF PLEASURE

SHORT STORIES

THE NIGHT VISITOR
TALES OF THE FIVE TOWNS
THE MATADOR OF THE FIVE TOWNS
THE GRIM SMILE OF THE FIVE TOWNS
ELSIE AND THE CHILD
THE WOMAN WHO STOLE EVERYTHING

BELLES-LETTRES

JOURNALISM FOR WOMEN
FAME AND FICTION
HOW TO BECOME AN AUTHOR
THE TRUTH ABOUT AN AUTHOR
MENTAL EFFICIENCY
HOW TO LIVE ON TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY
THE HUMAN MACHINE
LITERARY TASTE
THE FEAST OF ST. FRIEND
HOW TO MAKE THE BEST OF LIFE
THE RELIGIOUS INTERREGNUM
MARRIED LIFE
THE AUTHOR'S CRAFT
LIBERTY
OVER THERE
BOOKS AND PERSONS
SELF AND SELF-MANAGEMENT
THINGS THAT HAVE INTERESTED ME
THINGS THAT HAVE INTERESTED ME (Second Series)
THINGS THAT HAVE INTERESTED ME (Third Series)
THE SAVIOUR OF LIFE

DRAMA

POLITE FARCES
CUPID AND COMMON SENSE
WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS
THE HONEYMOON
THE LOVE MATCH
DON JUAN
THE GREAT ADVENTURE
THE TITLE
JUDITH
SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE
BODY AND SOUL
THE BRIGHT ISLAND
MR. PROHACK

MISCELLANEOUS

THEIR UNITED STATE
PARIS NIGHTS
OUR WOMEN
THE LOG OF THE "VELSA"
MEDITERRANEAN SCENES

* * * * *

(In Collaboration with EDEN PHILLPOTTS)

THE SINEWS OF WAR: A ROMANCE
THE STATUE: A ROMANCE

(In Collaboration with EDWARD KNOBLOCK)

MILESTONES
LONDON LIFE

THE CARD

A STORY OF ADVENTURE
IN THE FIVE TOWNS

BY

ARNOLD BENNETT

_First Published (Crown 8vo), February 23rd, 1911_

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

CONTENTS

I. THE DANCE 7

II. THE WIDOW HULLINS'S HOUSE 27

III. THE PANTECHNICON 48

IV. WRECKING OF A LIFE 71

V. THE MERCANTILE MARINE 89

VI. HIS BURGLARY 112

VII. THE RESCUER OF DAMES 132

VIII. RAISING A WIGWAM 153

		To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity. William Arthur Ward