Bibliograph

The wheels of chance, a bicycling idyll, H.G. Well.s

Type

Label

The wheels of chance, a bicycling idyll, H.G. Well.s

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The wheels of chance

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

H.G. Well.s

Sub title

a bicycling idyll

Summary

Mr. Hoopdriver, an unhappy draper's assistant, takes a ten-day holiday: a bicycle tour of the English countryside. His repeated encounters with a pretty young woman cyclist in bloomers leads to flights of fancy that make this not only one of Well's funniest novels but also gives an early glimpse of the "New Woman." Wells's delightful comedy also documents the bicycle's liberating impact on social mores

Target audience

adult

Classification