Physical description

Hardcover book with brown cover. 343 pages. One of a group of novels by H.G. Wells that invokes the lower middle-class world of his youth. Tells the story of a draper's assistant undone by unexpected inheritance and its consequences.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Text, embossed on spine: ' BALLAARAT / MECHANICS / INSTITUTE / KIPPS / WELLS. '

Summary

One of a group of novels by H.G. Wells that invokes the lower middle-class world of his youth. Tells the story of a draper's assistant undone by unexpected inheritance and its consequences.