{"product_id":"the-history-of-mr-polly-isbn-9780141441078","title":"The History of Mr Polly","description":"\u003cb\u003eWell's brilliant social novel, ranked #39 on \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e's list of 100 Best Novels\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMr 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 at the last moment to lead the bewildered Mr Polly to a bright new future - after he saves a life, fakes his death, and escapes to a life of heroism, hope and ultimate happiness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cb\u003eH.G. Wells\u003c\/b\u003e was a professional writer and journalist, who published more than a hundred books, including novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. Wells's prophetic imagination was first displayed in pioneering works of science fiction, but later he became an apostle of socialism, science and progress. His controversial views on sexual equality and the shape of a truly developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He was, in Bertrand Russell's words, 'an important liberator of thought and action'. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e John Sutherland\u003c\/b\u003e is the Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at  University College London and a visiting professor of Literature at the California Institute of Technology.  He is the author of many books.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon J. James\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Victorian Literature at the University of Durham.  He has written on, and edited volumes of, George Gissing, H.G. Wells and Charles Dickens.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299827470565,"sku":"NP9780141441078","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780141441078.jpg?v=1767739800","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-history-of-mr-polly-isbn-9780141441078","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}