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The Wheels Of Chance: A Bicycling Idyll. Number of Pages: 262. Weight: 0.78 lbs. Publication Date: 2016-10-18. Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: The Wheels Of Chance: A Bicycling Idyll ISBN13: 9781539583950 ISBN10: 1539583953 Author: Wells, H. G. (Author) Description: (This is a RePrint) - The Hero Of The Wheels Of Chance, Mr Hoopdriver, Is A Frustrated Draper's Assistant 2] In Putney, A Badly Paid, Grinding Position (And One Which Wells Briefly Held); And Yet He Owns A Bicycle And Is Setting Out On A Bicycling Tour Of The Southern Coast On His Annual Ten Days' Holiday Hoopdriver Survives His Frustration By Escaping In His Imagination Into A World Of Fantasy He Is Not A Skilled Rider Of His Forty-Three-Pound Bicycle, And His Awkwardness Reflects Both Wells's Own Uncertainties In Negotiating The English Class System And His Critical View Of That Society Nonetheless, Hoopdriver Is Treated Sympathetically: But If You See How A Mere Counter-Jumper, A Cad On Castors, And A Fool To Boot, May Come To Feel The Little Insufficiencies Of Life, And If He Has To Any Extent Won Your Sympathies, My End Is Attained Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Publication Date: 2016-10-18 Weight: 0.78 lbs Dimensions: 0.55'' H x 9'' L x 6'' W Number of Pages: 262 Language: English