Bealby: A Holiday

by H. G. Wells

Overview

Wells (1866-1946) was an English writer, prolific in many genres. He wrote dozens of novels, short stories, works of social commentary, history, satire, biography and autobiography, and even two books on recreational war games which set out the rules for fighting battles with toy soldiers. He is now best remembered for his science fiction novels, notably The Time Machine (1895) and The War of the Worlds (1898), and he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. This comic novel first published in book form in 1915 tells the story of a 13-year-old boy's escapades as he rebels against his placement as a steward's-room boy in the grand house of an estate where his stepfather works as gardener. One notable incident sees him cause havoc at a weekend party attended by the Lord Chancellor being held by a nouveau riche couple renting the estate. Prior to book publication the story was serialised in Grand Macazine in the UK from August 1914 to March 1915, and in the US in Collier's commencing in June 1914.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781530119363
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	02/19/2016
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.48(d)

About the Author

H.G. Wells (1866–1946), born Herbert George Wells, was an English author known for not only his popular science fiction books but also works of social commentary, history and biography. His first novel, The Time Machine, was published in 1895. Socially progressive and visionary in intellect, H.G. Wells became one of the most prolific writers of his generation. Through books like The Invisible Man, The Island of Doctor Moreau, and War of the Worlds, Wells delved into a plethora of social, philosophical and political ideas through the medium of what we now call science fiction.

Date of Birth:

September 21, 1866

Date of Death:

August 13, 1946

Place of Birth:

Bromley, Kent, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

Normal School of Science, London, England

Table of Contents

1	Young Bealby Goes to Shonts	1
2	A Weekend at Shonts	19
3	The Wanderers	49
4	The Unobtrusive Parting	83
5	The Seeking of Bealby	115
6	Bealby and the Tramp	167
7	The Battle of Crayminster	199
8	How Bealby Explained	231