Love And Mr Lewisham: H.G. Wells

[poliphilo]

Love and Mr Lewisham is Wells' first stab at a mainstream novel. It contains a lot of autobiography and a measure of self-contempt. It begins in exuberant light comedy and closes in grimy realism - reflecting the central character's journey from romance to responsibility.  The stand-out character is Chaffery- the fraudulent spirit medium- a self-aware and cheerfully amoral man.

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I think Wells got bored with fiction for its own sake. He had, after all, written a dozen or more very good novels. I suspect he was also running out of material. Mr Polly, good though it is, runs over much the same territory as Kipps.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

That Wells may have grown bored with fiction would explain it rather neatly. A dozen solid novels and literary immortality should be enough for anyone.