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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Length6 hrs 29 mins
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Publish dateApr 27, 2015
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Table of contents
1The Wheels of Chance (Unabridged)
2THE PRINCIPAL CHARACTER IN THE STORY
3THE RIDING FORTH OF MR. HOOPDRIVER
4THE SHAMEFUL EPISODE OF THE YOUNG LADY IN GREY
5ON THE ROAD TO RIPLEY
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6HOW MR. HOOPDRIVER WAS HAUNTED
7THE IMAGININGS OF MR. HOOPDRIVER’S HEART
8OMISSIONS
9THE DREAMS OF MR. HOOPDRIVER
10HOW MR. HOOPDRIVER WENT TO HASLEMERE
11HOW MR. HOOPDRIVER REACHED MIDHURST
12AN INTERLUDE
13OF THE ARTIFICIAL IN MAN, AND OF THE ZEITGEIST
14THE ENCOUNTER AT MIDHURST
15THE PURSUIT
16AT BOGNOR
17THE MOONLIGHT RIDE
18THE SURBITON INTERLUDE
19THE AWAKENING OF MR. HOOPDRIVER
20THE DEPARTURE FROM CHICHESTER
21THE UNEXPECTED ANECDOTE OF THE LION
22THE RESCUE EXPEDITION
23MR. HOOPDRIVER, KNIGHT ERRANT
24THE ABASEMENT OF MR. HOOPDRIVER
25IN THE NEW FOREST
26AT THE RUFUS STONE
27THE ENVOY
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