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The protagonist of The History of Mr. Polly is an antihero inspired by H. G. Wells's early experiences in the drapery trade: Alfred Polly, born circa 1870, a timid and directionless young man living in Edwardian England, who despite his own bumbling achieves contented serenity with little help from those around him. Mr. Polly's most ...
- The History of Mr Polly
The History of Mr. Polly is a 1949 British film based on the...
- The History of Mr Polly
With John Mills, Betty Ann Davies, Megs Jenkins, Finlay Currie. With an inheritance after his father's death, Alfred Polly finds love in the arms of a schoolgirl but marries an unattractive cousin and opens a shop, leading him to unhappiness, arson, suicide attempts and escape.
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- Anthony Pelissier
- 1950-09-15
H.G. Wells, John Sutherland (Introduction), Simon J. James (Notes) 3.65. 1,927 ratings223 reviews. 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 ...
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About The History of Mr Polly. Well’s brilliant social novel, ranked #39 on The Guardian‘s list of 100 Best Novels 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.
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Mr. Polly went into the National School at six and he left the private school at fourteen, and by that time his mind was in much the same state that you would be in, dear reader, if you were operated upon for appendicitis by a well-meaning, boldly enterprising, but rather over-worked and under-paid butcher boy, who was superseded towards the ...
Mr. Polly, a shopkeeper. Miriam, his wife. The Plump Woman. Uncle Jim, her nephew. The Story: Mr. Polly sat on a stile and cursed. He cursed the world, his wife, and himself, for Mr....
