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...
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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
Title; Contents; The Principal Character in the Story; The Riding Forth of Mr. Hoopdriver; The Shameful Episode of the Young Lady in Grey; On the Road to Ripley; How Mr. Hoopdriver was Haunted; The Imaginings of Mr. Hoopdriver's Heart; Omissions; The Dreams of Mr. Hoopdriver; How Mr. Hoopdriver Went to Haslemere; How Mr. Hoopdriver Reached Midhurst; An Interlude; Of the Artificial in Man, and of the Zeitgeist; The Encounter at Midhurst; The Pursuit; At Bognor; The Moonlight Ride; The Surbiton Interlude; The Awakening of Mr. Hoopdriver; The Departure from Chichester
The Unexpected Anecdote of the LionThe Rescue Expedition; Mr. Hoopdriver, Knight Errant; The Abasement of Mr. Hoopdriver; In the New Forest; At the Rufus Stone; The Envoy;
