The Old Adam

Author(s): Arnold Bennett

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction

Narrators: Phil Benson, Algy Pug, Greg Lewin, VfkaBT, Kathleen Moore, Anna Simon, Amelia Chesley

Number of Chapters: 10

Length: 09 hours and 19 minutes

Language: English

Edward Henry Machin, whose rise from humble beginnings to prosperity was told in 'The Card', leads a comfortable life in the English Midlands 'Five Towns'. Yet when he unexpectedly gains three hundred and forty-one pounds in a speculation on rubber shares, he realises that he doesn't 'feel so jolly, after all'. After a visit to the local music hall, he decides that a change is in order. He takes the morning train to London, where adventures in the theatrical world await. 'The Old Adam' was also published under the title, 'The Regent'. (Phil Benson)