An edition of The wheels of chance (1896)

The Wheels of Chance

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An edition of The wheels of chance (1896)

The Wheels of Chance

New edition
  • 4.00 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 10 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 2 Have read

The comical Wheels of Chance was written in 1896 at the height of the golden age of the bicycle, when practical and affordable bicycles led to profound social shifts in England. Suddenly people of modest means could travel greater distances for work or even for pleasure, without the limitations of rail schedules, weakening England's rigid class structure and strengthening the movement towards the liberation of women. In the novel, the poorly-paid draper's assistant Mr. Hoopdriver sets out on a cycling holiday, and awkwardly encounters a pretty young woman cycling alone and wearing bloomers, an shocking image in its time and one that summed up the new freedom, liberation and exhilaration of the bicycle.

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Publisher
Breakaway Books
Language
English
Pages
283

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Cover of: The Wheels of Chance
The Wheels of Chance
May 1997, Breakaway Books
Paperback in English - New edition
Cover of: The wheels of chance
Cover of: The wheels of chance
The wheels of chance: a bicycling idyll
1913, The Macmillan company
Cover of: The Wheels of Chance: A Bicycling Idyll
The Wheels of Chance: A Bicycling Idyll
1896, The Macmillan company
Cover of: The Wheels of Chance: A Holiday Adventure
The Wheels of Chance: A Holiday Adventure
1896, J.M. Dent ; Macmillan Co
Cover of: The wheels of chance

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Series
Breakaway Books Series

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Library of Congress
, PR5774 .W48 1997

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
283
Dimensions
7.1 x 5 x 1.1 inches
Weight
9 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8604574M
Internet Archive
wheelsofchance0000well
ISBN 10
1558215646
ISBN 13
9781558215641
LCCN
97070462
OCLC/WorldCat
38198835
Library Thing
28187
Goodreads
2312805

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