Dive headfirst into this gorgeously romantic and satirical novel which reveals a different side to the father of sci-fi. When young Ellen Sawbridge meets wealthy Isaac Harman, she charitably agrees to marry him. Despite great wealth, their marriage, bereft of love, falls into greater turmoil when the miserable Ellen is courted by the kind George Brumley. What ensues is a captivating romantic drama teeming with tension, humour, and death. Who will Ellen choose? A timeless battle of the sexes story featuring a love triangle and plenty of feminist themes, ‘The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman’ is the perfect read for fans of Netflix's ́Persuasion ́. H. G. Wells (1866-1946) was an English author and Noble Prize in Literature nominee, prolific across several genres, and celebrated as the "father of science fiction". His notable science fiction works include the blockbuster hit adaptation ‘The Time Machine’, ‘The Invisible Man’, ‘The War of the Worlds’, and ‘When the Sleeper Walks’. Wells remains a significant influence on the sci-fi genre today.

Sir Isaac Harman, international Bread and Cake magnate, suffers an onslaught of women. Waitresses strike at his London tea shops; invading dowagers drive him into hiding in his garden shed; his suffragist sister-in-law nabs his complimentary tickets to a Liberal meeting and goes on the rampage. Trembling, he locks up his mild young wife and underlines passages in The Taming of the Shrew. But things have gone too far - Lady Harman picks up a poker and makes a break for freedom. Her exploits cause a buzz at the smart dinner tables of literary, feminist and political circles. Everyone is full of advice, and no one is more eager than Mr Brumley, the complacent middle-aged writer who finds himself transformed into a panting knight errant. But Ellen Harman outdistances all the men around her. H.G. Wells was known for his support for women's suffrage and was one of the most effective male voices for early feminism. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman is a witty, sardonic and thoughtful novel about sex, society and women's independence.

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman is a 1914 novel by H. G. Wells. The protagonist of The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman is Lady Harman, n�e Ellen Sawbridge. The moral, emotional, and intellectual conflicts that this tall, sensitive, graceful woman confronts arise in the context of a loveless marriage with Sir Isaac Harman, a self-made man who has grown rich as the proprietor of International Bread and Cake Stores and Staminal Bread. Sir Isaac meets his future wife when she is only seventeen and still a student in a boardinghouse in Wimbledon; she marries him largely out of pity. But the marriage is not a happy one, despite great wealth and the birth of four children. Sir Isaac is inherently domineering, and in an age of Suffragettes he encounters a desire for greater freedom in his wife.

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This novel follows the young Ellen Sawbridge from her early marriage through her gradual political, social and personal awakening. Married at 18 to a successful business man, Isaac Harman, she swaps a life of genteel poverty for one of luxury with little or no freedom. Her husband sees marriage as a bargain: he surrounds her with luxury, and, in turn, she should be acquiescent and well behaved. However she begins to have doubts about her husband's business practices and her own position: she has little freedom and no money of her own. She looks for a house in the country to escape these pressures, which is where she meets Mr Brumley. He is infatuated, and, through him, she receives invitations into society where she comes into contact with new ideas and current political movements. Her husband is jealous and suspicious of her new friends and her gradually awakening desire for freedom and autonomy. She resorts to desperate measures, getting so she can have time alone to think. Her husband gives way and allows her more freedom and income so long as there are no more scandals. After his death she is able to pursue her socialist endeavours with varying results.