Wells, H. G.  1866-1946 <br/><br/>
The Wheels of Chance: A Bicycling Idyll 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheels_of_Chance  Release date is 1998-04-01 
<br/><br/>Dianne Bean  Dianne Bean 
<br/><br/> "The Wheels of Chance: A Bicycling Idyll" by H. G. Wells is a comic novel written during the height of the 1890s cycling craze. Mr. Hoopdriver, a poorly paid draper's assistant, escapes his grinding routine for a ten-day bicycling holiday along England's southern coast. His awkward adventure takes an unexpected turn when he encounters a mysterious young woman in bloomers cycling alone, leading to a journey involving deception, danger, and dreams of a better life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction Cycling -- Fiction 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR