Project Gutenberg 2012-06-28 Public domain in the USA. 108 Bennett, Arnold 1867 1931 Bennett, Enoch Arnold Bennett, E. Arnold Denry the Audacious Produced by Al Haines "Denry the Audacious" by Arnold Bennett is a novel written during the early 20th century. The story centers on Edward Henry Machin, known as Denry, a young man from modest beginnings in the industrial town of Bursley. Through audacity and a knack for seizing opportunities, Denry navigates a path from clerk to a more ambitious life, driven by his encounter with a Countess and the resulting aspirations that come from that fateful dance. The opening portion introduces Denry's upbringing and personality, showcasing him as a charming and somewhat mischievous character who, despite his humble origins, possesses dreams of greatness. We meet his widowed mother, who struggles to support them through her work as a seamstress. Denry's audacity is highlighted when he cheats in a school exam to win a scholarship, which sets him on a trajectory towards better opportunities. The narrative then shifts to a significant event: the Countess's upcoming municipal ball, which captures Denry’s imagination and ambition, leading him to orchestrate an invitation for himself to the elite gathering. As Denry becomes involved in social maneuvering and romantic possibilities, his desires and the complexities of his character begin to unfold, promising more adventures ahead in this richly drawn tale of ambition and social aspiration. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40103/40103-rst/images/img-cover.jpg en City and town life -- Fiction Adventure stories Staffordshire (England) -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 530232 530187 2024-09-17T04:18:35.230062 2023-09-17T12:33:05.395016 text/html text/html 532198 2012-06-28T13:41:48 text/html; charset=utf-8 238099 2012-06-28T13:41:48 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 249317 2024-09-17T04:18:53.905964 application/epub+zip 592458 2024-09-17T04:18:51.992982 application/pdf 541044 2024-09-17T04:18:40.066078 application/pdf 262368 2024-09-17T04:18:43.105054 application/epub+zip 262354 2024-09-17T04:18:37.365054 application/epub+zip 399439 2024-09-17T04:18:58.502960 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362810 2024-09-17T04:18:49.255004 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 363376 2022-09-18T11:15:56.932344 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 463761 2024-09-17T04:18:34.695081 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 464005 2012-06-28T13:43:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 175569 2012-06-28T13:43:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 461262 2012-06-28T13:43:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 175137 2012-06-28T13:43:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 461262 2012-06-28T13:44:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 175046 2012-06-28T13:44:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 26692 2024-09-17T04:18:58.651930 application/rdf+xml 447817 2024-09-17T04:18:33.267058 2023-09-17T12:33:04.834013 text/x-rst text/x-rst 447817 2012-06-28T13:44:08 text/x-rst 222603 2012-06-28T13:44:08 text/x-rst application/zip 18413 2024-09-17T04:18:41.063022 image/jpeg 2537 2024-09-17T04:18:40.633031 image/jpeg 237435 2024-09-17T04:18:35.275068 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia