Episodes
23
Avg. Duration
23m
Activity
Dormant
Since
Dec 2025
Latest Episode
Dec 2025
Publishing Details
Schedule
Hourly
Format
Serial
Hosting
www.spreaker.com
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About This Podcast
A funny and touching account of the imaginative Mr. Polly who, bored and trapped in his conventional life, makes a U-turn –- and changes everything.
H.G. Wells’ early life as the son of a semi-insolvent shopkeeper and as a draper’s apprentice fueled his novels of the lower middle class: The Wheels of Chance (1896), Kipps (1905), and The History of Mr. Polly (1910). These works evoke the desperation of apprentices, clerks, and small traders in their monotonous toil behind shop counters. And, like Mr. Polly, his protagonists make a break from their mundane lives with more or less success.
H. G. Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific writer in history, general and science fiction, and politics. He was a lifelong socialist. (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis)
H.G. Wells’ early life as the son of a semi-insolvent shopkeeper and as a draper’s apprentice fueled his novels of the lower middle class: The Wheels of Chance (1896), Kipps (1905), and The History of Mr. Polly (1910). These works evoke the desperation of apprentices, clerks, and small traders in their monotonous toil behind shop counters. And, like Mr. Polly, his protagonists make a break from their mundane lives with more or less success.
H. G. Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific writer in history, general and science fiction, and politics. He was a lifelong socialist. (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis)
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Recent Episodes
Chapter 1 Section 1
Dec 11, 2025
27m
Chapter 7 Section 2
Dec 11, 2025
18m
Chapter 4 Section 1
Dec 11, 2025
20m
Chapter 6 Section 1
Dec 11, 2025
23m
Transcript
Chapter 9 Section 3
Dec 11, 2025
25m
Transcript
Chapter 2
Dec 11, 2025
25m
Chapter 7 Section 3
Dec 11, 2025
28m
Chapter 4 Section 2
Dec 11, 2025
34m
Chapter 6 Section 4
Dec 11, 2025
9m
Transcript
Chapter 5 Section 1
Dec 11, 2025
20m
Transcript
Chapter 6 Section 3
Dec 11, 2025
19m
Transcript
Chapter 8 Section 1
Dec 11, 2025
28m
Transcript
Chapter 1 Section 2
Dec 11, 2025
26m
Chapter 3
Dec 11, 2025
27m
Chapter 9 Section 4
Dec 11, 2025
28m
Chapter 5 Section 3
Dec 11, 2025
13m
Chapter 5 Section 2
Dec 11, 2025
16m
Chapter 8 Section 2
Dec 11, 2025
24m
Chapter 6 Section 2
Dec 11, 2025
28m
Chapter 7 Section 1
Dec 11, 2025
18m
Transcript
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H. G. Wells, The History of Mr. Polly is currently dormant with new episodes hourly. Average episode length is 23m.
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