The History of Mr. Polly  |
| H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946) |
In this comic novel, Mr. Polly is a timid man who prefers reading books of adventure rather than working in a draper's shop. A life with little money and a spiteful wife is one of woe. A disenchanted Mr.Polly plans to burn down his shop and kill himself. His plan fails and a turn of events leads him to a genuinely brighter future, especially after a dead man has been mistakenly identified as Mr.Polly. |
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| Floor Games |
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| The Invisible Man |
| H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946) |
A mysterious stranger arrives in a small village in West Sussex. A large brimmed hat sits atop his head, he wears large goggles on his bandaged face, a long, thick coat envelops his body, and his hands are gloved. Beneath his attire, he has through scientific experimentation, rendered himself invisible. Whilst working on an antidote, he is empowered by his invisibility - mischief, mayhem and murder ensues. But how do you catch a person who cannot be seen? |
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| Certain Personal Matters |
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| The Sleeper Awakes |
| H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946) |
A man in the 1890s falls asleep for two hundred and three years. When he awakes, he learns that his investments have accumulated to make him the richest and most powerful man on Earth. The new London has completely transformed into a place that horrifies him and that it is his name that is used to maintain an oppressive hierarchical society where a large proportion of people are uneducated and impoverished. He is the man with the power to change things....... |
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| An Englishman Looks at the World |
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| Ann Veronica |
| H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946) |
What do you do when you are a young, headstrong woman who wants to lead an independent life during a time when it was taboo? Shunning social convention, Ann Veronica sets forth at aged twenty-one to study in London, freeing herself from the familiar. Beyond the family home, she discovers a world of intellectuals and suffragettes...and falls in love with a married man. But nothing comes for free..... With its feminist overtones, Ann Veronica caused quite a stir when it was first published in 1909. |
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