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H.G. Wells: aspects of a life.(Young Adult Review)

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From: National Review
Date: 19841005
Author:Mallon, Thomas

ONE OF THE most eloquent passages in Anthony West's biography of his father concerns not the life H. G. Wells lived, lived but the one he escaped. If he had persisted as a draper's shop assistant he would have seen floor walkers eying him with distaste, and he would have seen older versions of himself, weedy and shambling, cringing when they were exposed to the same unappreciative glares. These partly worn-out men, penny-pinching to build up some reserve against the evil day when they failed to please in their last crib, were what his brothers were becoming, were what he would ...

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