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Although H. G. Wells is best known for his science fiction stories he wrote in many genres including history, and social commentaries. The Wheels of Chance was written when the bicycle was beginning to become very popular (1890 -1905) and saw bicycles becoming a part of social changes in England. People could move quickly and rigid class structure was beginning to crumble. This is the story of a down-on-his-luck draper's assistant who takes a second-hand bicycle… (more)
Language: English
Published in: 1895
Word count: 55,273 words (≈ about 4 hours)
Source: http://en.wikisource.org
Copyright: This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA.
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