The Autocracy of Mr Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World

Langue : anglais

Edité par William Heinemann, Ltd, London, 1930

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vii+370 pages with 10 plates. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5") bound in original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. First edition. Mr Parham is a university don with right-wing politics who dreams of finding a rich benefactor to finance a review he can edit. He thinks he has found such a man in Sir Bussy Woodcock, a "crude plutocrat" who makes money at anything to which he puts his hand. In an attempt to foster this acquaintance that goes on for six years, Mr Parham finds himself involved in séances that summon a Master Spirit from the beyond. This entity occupies Mr Parham's body, and commences to inspire a political movement (the League of Duty Paramount) that overthrows the British government in a coup d'état. As "Lord Paramount," Mr Parham undertakes to conquer the world. But the opposition of the United States ultimately leads to a "Second World War" that goes badly for Britain. Believing that he can win if he overcomes the resistance of industrialists who control a new poison gas ("Gas L") but who refuse to make it available to the military, he attacks their stronghold. and it is at this point that Mr Parham reawakens from what has been a wild dream he had when he fell asleep during the séance. Shortly thereafter he discovers that Sir Bussy has never had any attention on conferring an editorship upon him, and the association of the "deflated publicist" and the millionaire is over. Sir Bussy Woodcock was a recognizable caricature of Beaverbrook, and other characters correspond to Joynson-Hicks and Oswald Mosley. Wells had trouble placing the novel with a publisher because sales of his novels had declined in recent years, but The Autocracy of Mr. Parham proved to be "one of Wells's better sellers in years. Bertrand Russell told Wells that he liked the book, but French reviews were unkind. Condition: Lightly soiled, edges rubbed with some small closed tears, spine ends rubbed with some small chips else better than very good copy in like jacket.…

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Titre
The Autocracy of Mr Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World
Auteur
Herbert George "H G" Wells (1866-1946)
Éditeur
William Heinemann, Ltd, London
Année de publication
1930
État de l'article
Very Good
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Very Good
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Hardcover
Langue
anglais
Édition
1st Edition
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1er tirage
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Small Octavo
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