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The Wheels of Chance

by H. G. Wells

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1896
Pages
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  1. 01 - Chapters 01 to 03

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  2. 02 - Chapters 04 & 05

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  3. 03 - Chapters 06 to 08

    19:11

  4. 04 - Chapters 09 to 12

    26:05

  5. 05 - Chapters 13 to 15

    24:15

  6. 06 - Chapters 16 to 19

    24:47

  7. 07 - Chapters 20 to 23

    25:20

  8. 08 - Chapters 23 to 25

    17:08

  9. 09 - Chapters 26 & 27

    20:16

  10. 10 - Chapters 28 & 29

    25:20

  11. 11 - Chapters 30 & 31

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  12. 12 - Chapters 32

    37:27

  13. 13 - Chapters 33 to 36

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  14. 14 - Chapters 37

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  15. 15 - Chapters 38 to 41

    25:51

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Behind a Putney drapery counter, Mr. Hoopdriver sells linen and blankets with practiced politeness while dreaming of his next attempt at cycling. His bruises tell a less orderly story than his shop clothes suggest. Wells introduces him through the awkward business of learning to mount, steer and dismount a heavy bicycle, turning everyday mishaps into a comic portrait of a working man's appetite for freedom.

The satire also reaches a circle of respectable people pursuing Jessie after she leaves her comfortable Surbiton home. Stranded in a village inn, they worry about her choices while revealing their own vanity and conflicting ideas about independence. Mrs. Milton's talk of teaching new ideas through fiction becomes especially pointed when she objects to putting them into practice. The novel offers a look at social manners and the gap between confident principles and uncomfortable experience.

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H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells was an English writer, prolific in many genres. He wrote more than forty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography, and autobiography.

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First published
1896
Reading time
About 4 hours
Pages
128
Language
English
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Audio read by
Nick Gallant, MaryAnn, Patti Cunningham and others