{"product_id":"world-of-william-clissold-vol-2","title":"World of William Clissold Vol. 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eThough this novel was first published in 1926, with a preface strenuously denying that it was anything but a work of fiction, William Clissold is nevertheless a character whose thought and background is so thoroughly documented in the work that the reader cannot help identifying him to some extent with Wells himself (so much so that Wells's agent feared a libel case on its original publication). This is not such a fault in an author as interesting as H. G. Wells, as Conrad Aiken remarked:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As a survey of the modern world from a 'liberal' point of view ... \u003cb\u003eThe World of William Clissold\u003c\/b\u003e is impressive. The range of Mr Wells's mind is encyclopaedic. He covers everything, he leaves nothing out - his novel is a 'liberal' education in itself.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWells later admitted in \u003cb\u003eAn Experiment in Autobiography\u003c\/b\u003e that the book was indeed a self-dramatization. The protagonist intends to make a fresh start for himself, and also for the world. And in his intentions we see Wells, the great socialist utopian's own ideal of progress, as he conceived it at this point in his developing thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is H. G. Wells's most monumental effort in novel-writing and appears in Faber Finds in three volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54243476439384,"sku":"9780571247844","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571247844.jpg?v=1777704330","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/world-of-william-clissold-vol-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}