The Wheels of Chance (Unabridged)
A comic bicycle holiday in August 1895, amid the Cycling Craze, class upheaval, and the stirrings of female emancipationBy H. G. Wells
Length6h 29m
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The Wheels of Chance is an early comic novel about an August 1895 cycling holiday. The Wheels of Chance was written at the height of the cycling craze (1890-1905), when practical, comfortable bicycles first became widely and cheaply available and before the rise of the automobile. The advent of the bicycle stirred sudden and profound changes in the social life of England. Even the working class could travel substantial distances, quickly and cheaply, and the very idea of travelling for pleasure became a possibility for thousands of people for the first time. This new freedom affected many. It began to weaken the rigid English class structure and it gave an especially powerful boost to the existing movement toward female emancipation. Wells explored these social changes in his story.
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946), known as H. G. Wells, was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games.
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GenrePsychology
Length6 hrs 29 mins
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Publish dateApr 27, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Wheels of Chance (Unabridged)
15THE PURSUIT
2THE PRINCIPAL CHARACTER IN THE STORY
16AT BOGNOR
3THE RIDING FORTH OF MR. HOOPDRIVER
17THE MOONLIGHT RIDE
4THE SHAMEFUL EPISODE OF THE YOUNG LADY IN GREY
18THE SURBITON INTERLUDE
5ON THE ROAD TO RIPLEY
19THE AWAKENING OF MR. HOOPDRIVER
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6HOW MR. HOOPDRIVER WAS HAUNTED
20THE DEPARTURE FROM CHICHESTER
7THE IMAGININGS OF MR. HOOPDRIVER’S HEART
21THE UNEXPECTED ANECDOTE OF THE LION
8OMISSIONS
22THE RESCUE EXPEDITION
9THE DREAMS OF MR. HOOPDRIVER
23MR. HOOPDRIVER, KNIGHT ERRANT
10HOW MR. HOOPDRIVER WENT TO HASLEMERE
24THE ABASEMENT OF MR. HOOPDRIVER
11HOW MR. HOOPDRIVER REACHED MIDHURST
25IN THE NEW FOREST
12AN INTERLUDE
26AT THE RUFUS STONE
13OF THE ARTIFICIAL IN MAN, AND OF THE ZEITGEIST
27THE ENVOY
14THE ENCOUNTER AT MIDHURST
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