La historia del señor Polly

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Espasa, 2004 M03 2 - 272 páginas
El señor Polly, fiel reflejo del autor, soporta en su interior una permanente lucha por compaginar su espíritu bohemio, que le impulsa a seguir las más disparatadas aventuras, y su adscripción a un sistema social burgués muy rígido, que le coarta. Lector infatigable, amante de la naturaleza, recreador de las más extrañas aventuras, cuando decide cambiar su vida y alejarse de los impedimentos sociales, reflexiona sobre lo que sabe de sí mismo. La humanidad sin límites del personaje hacen de esta novela un inolvidable canto a la vida, con todo lo que ésta tiene de tragedia y de genuina experiencia.Herbert George Wells (Bromley, Gran Bretaña, 1866-1946). Periodista, ensayista y novelista mundialmente conocido por sus obras de ciencia ficción. Obras principales: La máquina del tiempo y La guerra de los mundos.H. G. Wells es un maestro de la caricatura y de la crítica social, figura fundamental para conocer las corrientes del pensamiento occidental del primer tercio del siglo XX.La novela está impregnada de un sutil humor y recoge algunas de las experiencias vitales más importantes de su autor.Escrita entre 1909 y 1910, es la primera vez que se publica en castellano.

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H.G. Wells was born in Bromley, England, the son of an unsuccessful merchant. After a limited education, he was apprenticed to a dry-goods merchant, but soon found he wanted something more out of life. He read widely and got a position as a student assistant in a secondary school, eventually winning a scholarship to the College of Science in South Kensington, where he studied biology under the British biologist and educator, Thomas Henry Huxley. After graduating, Wells took several different teaching positions and began writing for magazines. When his stories began to sell, he left teaching to write full time. Wells's first major novel, The Time Machine (1895), launched his career as a writer, and he began to produce a steady stream of science-fiction tales, short stories, realistic novels, and books of sociology, history, science, and biography, producing one or more books a year. Much of Wells's work is forward-looking, peering into the future of prophesy social and scientific developments, sometimes with amazing accuracy. Along with French writer Jules Verne, Wells is credited with popularizing science fiction, and such novels as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds (1898) are still widely read. Many of Wells's stories are based on his own experiences. The History of Mr. Polly (1910) draws on the life of Wells's father. Kipps (1905) uses Wells's experience as an apprentice, and Love and Mr. Lewisham (1900) draws on Wells's experiences as a school teacher. Wells also wrote stories showing how the world could be a better place. One such story is A Modern Utopia (1905). As a writer, Wells's range was exceptionally wide and his imagination extremely fertile. While time may have caught up with him (many of the things he predicted have already come to pass), he remains an interesting writer because of his ability to tell a lively tale. Herbert George Wells (Gran Bretaña, 1866-1946). Periodista, ensayista y novelista mundialmente conocido por sus obras de ciencia ficción. Una figura fundamental del pensamiento occidental del siglo XX.

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