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Michael Arlen, a Common card
Michael Arlen was an essayist, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and scriptwriter.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 39
- Power
- 103
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 103 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Michael Arlen quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Michael Arlen card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Near the end of his life, Arlen mainly occupied himself with ______ writing.
Answer
political. Near the end of his life, Arlen mainly occupied himself with political writing. From the Michael Arlen article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Michael Arlen. Michael Arlen 64 · Abdurrahman Mustafa 61 · Tingatinga 58 · Fairmount Bagel 54 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He had his greatest successes in the 1920s while living and writing in England, publishing the best-selling novel The Green Hat in 1924.
- Arlen is most famous for his satirical romances set in English smart society, but he also wrote gothic horror and psychological thrillers, for instance "The Gentleman from America", which was filmed in 1948 as The Fatal Night, and again in 1956 as a television episode for Alfred Hitchcock's TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
- Near the end of his life, Arlen mainly occupied himself with political writing.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Michael Arlen article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 39: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Michael Arlen
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- Robert P. ReedCommon · Society · ATK 55 DEF 48
- Seth JohnsonCommon · Society · ATK 60 DEF 43
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Michael Arlen (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Time Magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
