WELLS, H.G.
Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education.
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd , 1918.
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"When one believes that all the tigers in the jungle are dead, it is quite amusing to walk along the jungle paths in a dressing-gown with a fan instead of a gun": First Edition of H. G. Wells' Joan and Peter
First edition, early printing of this early twentieth-century social novel exploring education, reform, and the shaping of modern character. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth. In very good condition.
H. G. Wells, a prolific English writer whose output spanned social commentary, politics, history, and science fiction, frequently used fiction as a vehicle for reformist ideas. Joan and Peter (1918) exemplifies this approach, presenting a recognizably Wellsian narrative in which questions of religion, education, love, and tragedy unfold against the turbulent backdrop of early twentieth-century England. Structured around the upbringing of two orphaned siblings, the novel becomes an extended critique of contemporary educational systems, class hierarchies, and the intellectual shortcomings Wells believed had contributed to the catastrophe of the First World War. Blending domestic realism with didactic reflection, the work serves both as an intimate family story and as a broader meditation on social reconstruction and the urgent need for rational, scientifically informed reform in the modern world.
Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education.
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