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Ann Veronica is a novel by H. G. Wells published in 1909. It describes the rebellion of Ann Veronica Stanley, "a young lady of nearly two-and-twenty", [1] against her middle-class father's stern patriarchal rule. The novel dramatizes the contemporary problem of the New Woman. It is set in Edwardian era London and environs, except for an Alpine ...
"Bertie Wells had been transformed into H.G." [21] He became a major literary figure as well as new socialist leader who was courted by the Fabians. Later readers have recoiled at what Lovat Dickson in 1969 called the book's suggestion of "strong-armed fascism."
Wells had great difficulty devising a comprehensive book discussing the world's economic life from a psychological point of view. The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind had at various times more than a dozen working titles (such as The Anatomy of Money [4]). As in The Science of Life, Wells worked with collaborators. Hugh P. Vowles and ...
The essays in Certain Personal Matters rely on stock characters that Wells developed in his early days as a writer. This vein was inspired by his reading of When a Man's Single, an 1888 novel by J.M. Barrie, in which a character explains that saleable articles can be devised from everyday things like pipes, umbrellas, and flower pots. [6]
"The Bohemian Girl" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was written when Cather was living in Cherry Valley, New York , with Isabelle McClung whilst Alexander's Bridge was being serialised in McClure's . [ 1 ]
12. "The white man's victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder." 13. "The white man's dollar is his god, and to stop this will be to stop outrages in many localities ...
Experiment in Autobiography is an autobiographical work by H. G. Wells, originally published in two volumes. [1] He began to write it in 1932, and completed it in the summer of 1934. Experiment in Autobiography is divided into eight "chapters" (the last two of which are more than 100 pages long) which are divided in toto into 56 sections.
Like Ann Veronica, The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman reflects H.G. Wells's enthusiasm for the ideal of the New Woman.Lady Harman's interest in the condition of women persuades Sir Isaac (after Lady Harman's imprisonment for a month for breaking a post office window in support of the cause of women's suffrage has shocked him into acquiescence) to invest in the creation of six boardinghouses for ...