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Películas hermosas e interesantes. Entérate de lo que hay en cartelera. Prueba 7 Días ... Sobre nosotros; Formas de Ver; Estudiantes; Empleo; Términos y Privacidad; Ayuda; 6.7 /10. 6 Calificaciones. THE HISTORY OF MR. POLLY. Dirigida Por. Anthony Pelissier. Reino Unido, 1949. Drama ... Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father ...
Other articles where The History of Mr. Polly is discussed: H.G. Wells: Early writings: …a Simple Soul (1905), and The History of Mr. Polly (1910). In these novels, and in Tono-Bungay (1909), he drew on memories of his own earlier life, and, through the thoughts of inarticulate yet often ambitious heroes, revealed the hopes and frustrations of clerks, shop assistants, and underpaid teachers ...
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 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 ...
Mr Polly is a sensitive soul. His job as a draper’s assistant does not suit him at all and when, one day he is sacked for day-dreaming, he despairs of ever finding another job. His father’s death suddenly brings him a large inheritance, and with it he purchases a bike and sets off to find adventure.
Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to marry and to set up shop in a small town. His heart is in neith...
The History of Mr. Polly (1910) is a wonderful little novel H.G. Wells (1866-1946) is now most remembered as a pioneer of science fiction (e.g. The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1897)) however in his Edwardian era heyday he was also known for a wide variety of different genres, including as a writer of major social ...
It was a beautiful fire; because of it, Mr. Polly was a hero for the first time in his life. He rescued a deaf old lady who lived on a top floor and for whose safety he felt responsible because he ...
