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Kipps and The History of Mr Polly - Couverture souple

Wells, H.G.

 
9781840227437: Kipps and The History of Mr Polly
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1840227435 ISBN 13 : 9781840227437
Editeur : Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

These comic novels will resonate with anyone who has ever felt trapped by circumstance.  Their central characters, Artie Kipps and Alfred Polly, are prisoners of their modest social class, limited education, dull work, and sterile relationships.  In Wells' hands they break out of the cages that society has constructed for them, learning after bitter experience the truth that 'if the world does not please you, you can change it'.  This message, a revolutionary one in its day for the growing army of Edwardian clerks and drapers, is handled with a rich comedy and freshness that belies its deadly seriousness.  Wells is at his very best here in exposing and satirising the unequal nature of British society while preparing the ground for its reformation.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

With an Introduction and Notes by Jonathan Wild, University of Edinburgh. These comic novels will resonate with anyone who has ever felt trapped by circumstance.  Their central characters, Artie Kipps and Alfred Polly, are prisoners of their modest social class, limited education, dull work, and sterile relationships.  In Wells' hands they break out of the cages that society has constructed for them, learning after bitter experience the truth that 'if the world does not please you, you can change it'.  This message, a revolutionary one in its day for the growing army of Edwardian clerks and drapers, is handled with a rich comedy and freshness that belies its deadly seriousness.  Wells is at his very best here in exposing and satirising the unequal nature of British society while preparing the ground for its reformation.

Présentation de l'éditeur

These comic novels will resonate with anyone who has ever felt trapped by circumstance.  Their central characters, Artie Kipps and Alfred Polly, are prisoners of their modest social class, limited education, dull work, and sterile relationships.  In Wells' hands they break out of the cages that society has constructed for them, learning after bitter experience the truth that 'if the world does not please you, you can change it'.  This message, a revolutionary one in its day for the growing army of Edwardian clerks and drapers, is handled with a rich comedy and freshness that belies its deadly seriousness.  Wells is at his very best here in exposing and satirising the unequal nature of British society while preparing the ground for its reformation.

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Éditeur
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1840227435
ISBN 13 
9781840227437
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
496
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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