The History of Mr. Polly【電子書籍】[ H. G. Wells ]

＜p＞＜strong＞The History of Mr. Polly＜/strong＞ is a 1910 comic novel by H. G. Wells.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A funny and touching account of the imaginative Mr. Polly who, bored and trapped in his conventional life, makes a U-turn ?- and changes everything.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The protagonist of ＜em＞The History of Mr. Polly＜/em＞ is an antihero inspired by H. G. Wells' early experiences in the drapery trade: Alfred Polly, born circa 1870, a timid and directionless young man living in Edwardian England, who despite his own bumbling achieves contented serenity with little help from those around him.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Mr. Polly's most striking characteristic is his "innate sense of epithet", which leads him to coin hilarious expressions like "the Shoveacious Cult" for "sunny young men of an abounding and elbowing energy" and "dejected angelosity" for the ornaments of Canterbury Cathedral.＜/p＞ ＜p＞H. G. Wells’ early life as the son of a semi-insolvent shopkeeper and as a draper’s apprentice fuelled his novels of the lower middle clas．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る