• 导读
  • 此为作者早期的一部喜剧小说,讲述了关于1895年8月的一段自行车旅行的故事,某种程度上是三人乘坐一条船的风格。此小说在1922年被改编为默声电影。

  • 内容简介
  • 此为作者早期的一部喜剧小说,讲述了关于1895年8月的一段自行车旅行的故事。

    The Wheels of Chance is an early comic novel by H. G. Wells about an August 1895 cycling holiday, somewhat in the style of Three Men in a Boat. In 1922 it was adapted into a silent film The Wheels of Chance directed by Harold M.Shaw.

  • 作者简介
  • 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯(Herbert George Wells,1866-1946),英国著名小说家,尤以科幻小说创作闻名于世。1895年出版《时间机器》一举成名,随后又发表了《莫洛博士岛》、《隐身人》、《星际战争》等多部科幻小说。他还是一位社会改革家和预言家,曾是费边社的重要成员,会晤过罗斯福和斯大林,撰写了《基普斯》、《托诺-邦盖》、《波里先生和他的历史》、《勃列林先生看穿了他》、《恩惠》、《预测》、《世界史纲》等大量关注现实,思考未来的作品。

    Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866–13 August 1946), known primarily as H.G.Wells, was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. He is now best remembered for his science fiction novels, and Wells is called the father of science fiction, along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. His most notable science fiction works include The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898).

  • 目录
    • 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
    • THE DREAMS OF Mr.HOOPDRIVER
    • HOW Mr.HOOPDRIVER WENT TO HASLEMERE
    • HOW Mr.HOOPDRIVER REACHED MIDHURST
    • 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 LION
    • THE RESCUE EXPEDITION
    • Mr.HOOPDRIVER, KNIGHT ERRANT
    • THE ABASEMENT OF Mr.HOOPDRIVER
    • IN THE NEW FOREST
    • AT THE RUFUS STONE
    • THE ENVOY
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