The History of Mr. Polly

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novel

The History of Mr. Polly is a comic novel by H. G. Wells about a dissatisfied lower-middle-class shopkeeper who seeks to escape his humdrum life and find personal freedom.

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Label	Occurrences
The History of Mr. Polly canonical	2
The History of Mr Polly	1

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	novel ⓘ
author	H. G. Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterType	anti-hero protagonist ⓘ
containsElement	humor ⓘ social criticism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
explores	conformity versus individuality ⓘ marital dissatisfaction ⓘ personal reinvention ⓘ
focusesOn	lower-middle-class life ⓘ small shopkeeping ⓘ
genre	comic novel ⓘ social satire ⓘ
hasTone	comic ⓘ satirical ⓘ
literaryForm	prose fiction ⓘ
literaryMovement	Edwardian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter	Alfred Polly NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person narrative ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
protagonistOccupation	shopkeeper ⓘ
settingCountry	England NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
theme	dissatisfaction with lower-middle-class life ⓘ escape from humdrum existence ⓘ individualism ⓘ search for personal freedom ⓘ social class in Edwardian England ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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H. G. Wells bibliography → includesWork → The History of Mr. Polly ⓘ

William Alwyn → notableWork → The History of Mr. Polly ⓘ

Andrew Sachs → appearedIn → The History of Mr. Polly ⓘ

this entity surface form: The History of Mr Polly