These comic novels will resonate with anyone who has ever felt trapped by circumstance. Their central characters, Artie Kipps and Alfred Polly, are prisoners of their modest social class, limited education, dull work, and sterile relationships. In Wells' hands they break out of the cages that society has constructed for them, learning after bitter experience the truth that 'if the world does not please you, you can change it'. This message, a revolutionary one in its day for the growing army of Edwardian clerks and drapers, is handled with a rich comedy and freshness that belies its deadly seriousness. Wells is at his very best here in exposing and satirising the unequal nature of British society while preparing the ground for its reformation.
- ISBN10 1840227435
- ISBN13 9781840227437
- Publish Date 9 January 2017
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 December 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 496
- Language English