'The History Of Mr. Polly' by H. G. Wells Collins Ltd. 1953. Hardcover with dustjacket, 256 pages. In very well preserved condition, owner name inside front endpaper, all pages clean.

A nice edition of Well's much loved tragi-comic novel.

"Mr. Polly is an ordinary middle-aged man who is tired of his wife's nagging and his dreary job as the owner of a regional gentleman's outfitters. Faced with the threat of bankruptcy, he concludes that the only way to escape his frustrating existence is by burning his shop to the ground and killing himself. Unexpected events, however, conspire to lead the bewildered Mr. Polly to a bright new future after he saves a life, fakes his death, and escapes to a world of heroism and hope."

"This book was written 100 years ago. It hasn't dated. I was stunned. Why hadn't I heard of this book before I randomly picked it off the library shelf? Why is it not on all kinds of lists? The style is deceptively simple but the ideas expressed are universal. Mr. Polly is not unique to any one era, he isn't terribly fashionable. That's why he has not dated. He is just as relevant now as he was 100 years ago." ~Amazon