Research Catalog

Title

• The history of Mr Polly / H.G. Wells ; edited by Simon J. James ; with an introduction by John Sutherland and notes by John Sutherland and Simon J. James.

Author

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946

Publication

London : Penguin, 2005.

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Additional Authors

• James, Simon J.
• Sutherland, John, 1938-

Description

xxxiv, 227 p.; 20 cm.

Summary

When Mr. Polly grows tired of his wife's nagging and his job as the owner of a regional gentleman's outfitters, he concludes that the only way to escape his sad existence is by burning his shop to the ground and killing himself.

Series Statement

• Penguin classics

Uniform Title

Penguin classics

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Life change events > Fiction

Genre/Form

• Fiction
• Sagas

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 0141441070 (pbk.)
• 9780141441078 (pbk.)

OCLC

57382324

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library