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Author : Herbert George Wells
language : en
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Release Date : 1896
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Author : Herbert George Wells
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Release Date : 2022-10-19
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Author : H G Wells
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2020-12-18
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The Wheels Of Chance A Bicycling Idyll by H. G. WellsIllustrated Edition*Remastered Cover*The Wheels of Chance is an early comic novel by H. G. Wells about an August 1895 cycling holiday, somewhat in the style of Three Men in a Boat. In 1922 it was adapted into a silent film The Wheels of Chance directed by Harold M. Shaw.The hero of The Wheels of Chance, Mr. Hoopdriver, is a frustrated "draper's assistant"[2] in Putney, a badly paid, grinding position (and one which Wells briefly held); and yet he owns a bicycle and is setting out on a bicycling tour of "the Southern Coast" on his annual ten days' holiday.Hoopdriver survives his frustration by escaping in his imagination into a world of fantasy. He is not a skilled rider of his forty-three-pound bicycle, and his awkwardness reflects both Wells's own uncertainties in negotiating the English class system and his critical view of that society. Nonetheless, Hoopdriver is treated sympathetically: "But if you see how a mere counter-jumper, a cad on castors, and a fool to boot, may come to feel the little insufficiencies of life, and if he has to any extent won your sympathies, my end is attained."Hoopdriver's summer adventure begins lyrically: Only those who toil six long days out of the seven, and all the year round, save for one brief glorious fortnight or ten days in the summer time, know the exquisite sensations of the First Holiday Morning. All the dreary, uninteresting routine drops from you suddenly, your chains fall about your feet. . . . There were thrushes in the Richmond Road, and a lark on Putney Heath. The freshness of dew was in the air; dew or the relics of an overnight shower glittered on the leaves and grass. . . . He wheeled his machine up Putney Hill, and his heart sang within him.Hoopdriver encounters a pretty young woman cycling alone and wearing rationals (bloomers). He dares not speak to the Young Lady in Grey, as he calls her, but their paths keep crossing. She is ultimately revealed to be Jessie Milton, a girl of seventeen who has run away from her stepmother in Surbiton, risking "ruin" at the hands of the bounder Bechamel, an unscrupulous older man who has promised to help the naive Jessie to establish herself an independent life but who is really intent on seducing her. Ironically, her flight has in part been inspired by liberal ideals of unconventionality that have been hypocritically promoted by her stepmother's popular novels..........Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946)-known as H. G. Wells-was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels Categories: Classics
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Author : H Wells
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Release Date : 2017-09-24
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The Wheels of Chance is an early comic novel by H. G. Wells about an August 1895 cycling holiday, somewhat in the style of Three Men in a Boat. In 1922 it was adapted into a silent film The Wheels of Chance directed by Harold M. Shaw. The Wheels of Chance was written at the height of the cycling craze (1890-1905), when practical, comfortable bicycles first became widely and cheaply available and before the rise of the automobile (see History of the bicycle). The advent of the bicycle stirred sudden and profound changes in the social life of England. Even the working class could travel substantial distances, quickly and cheaply, and the very idea of travelling for pleasure became a possibility for thousands of people for the first time. This new freedom affected many. It began to weaken the rigid English class structure and it gave an especially powerful boost to the existing movement toward female emancipation. Wells explored these social changes in his story. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.
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Author : Herbert George Wells
language : en
Publisher: Scholar's Choice
Release Date : 2015-02-18
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The Wheels Of Chance A Bicycling Idyll 1895 Comedy
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Author : H. G. Wells
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2018-10-08
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The Wheels Of Chance
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Author : Herbert George Wells
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Release Date : 1905
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Author : H G Wells
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A humorous account of a young man's cycling holiday in the south of England. By the author of "The Time Machine", "The Invisible Man" and "The War of the Worlds".
The Wheels Of Chance Annotated
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Author : H. G. H. G. Wells
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Release Date : 2017-03-02
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*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.The Wheels of Chance is an early comic novel by H. G. Wells about an August 1895 cycling holiday, somewhat in the style of Three Men in a Boat. In 1922 it was adapted into a silent film The Wheels of Chance directed by Harold M. Shaw.
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Author : H. G. Wells
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Release Date : 2015-07-07
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Excerpt from The Wheels of Chance: A Bicycling Idyll List of Illustrations Here we can talk Frontispiece Page He would have come forward, bowing and swaying 5 He was sitting on the edge of his bed, rubbing arnica into his knee 17 I wish youd leave off staring at me. -25He was hopping vigorously along the road. 28 A sitting position on the gravel. 36 Sat down. and mopped his face. 43 Mr. Hoopdriver came across the other cyclist in brown 50 A little grey figure by the wayside waving something white 54 No trouble. Ssureyou 59 The Golden Dragon 63 Guildford is an altogether charming old town. 66 Promenading the brilliant gardens at Earls Court.73 In the diary there is this entry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.