Bealby; A Holiday: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Bealby; A Holiday is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) (1866–1946).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Bealby: A Holiday" by H. G. Wells is a comic novel published in 1915. When thirteen-year-old Bealby rebels against his position as a servant boy in a grand English estate, he runs away after disrupting an important weekend party. His week-long escape leads him through a series of misadventures with a beautiful actress, a disgraced captain, and a cunning tramp. Each encounter brings chaos and comedy as Bealby discovers the world beyond his sheltered life in pre-World War I England.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Bealby; A Holiday
- Author credits: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) (1866–1946)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Boys -- Fiction
- Country homes -- England -- Fiction
- Household employees -- Fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Humour
- Category: Novels
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