The History of Mr. Polly (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: H. G. Wells
- First Published: 1910
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Comic romance
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Mr. Polly, Miriam, The Plump Woman, Uncle Jim
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Traveling or travelers, Love or romance, Suicide, Twentieth century, Marriage, Alienation, Class consciousness, Emotions, England or English people, Depression, mental, Fire, Merchants
- Locales: England
The Story:
Mr. Polly sat on a stile and cursed. He cursed the world, his wife, and himself, for Mr. Polly was thirty-five years old and buried alive. He hated his slovenly wife, his fellow shopkeepers, and every other person in the world. He felt that his life had been nothing but one frustration after another, from babyhood into his middle thirties.
Mr. Polly had been the usual adored baby, kissed and petted by his parents. His mother had died when he was seven years old. After the routine sketchy schooling of his class, he was apprenticed by his father to the owner of...
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H. G. Wells (Cyclopedia of World Authors)H. G. Wells (Short Fiction)H. G. Wells (Long Fiction)H. G. Wells (Dictionary of World Biography)
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