The Wheels of Chance, HG. Wells, 1895
H.G. Wells, known by "The War of the Worlds" tells the story of a young man named Hoopdriver, who is dissatisfied with his position and prospects in life. Hoopdriver decides to start a holiday bicycle tour along the English coast. During his journey he encounters an enchanting young “lady in gray,” who turns out to be a teenage girl named Jessie.
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A Connecticut Yankee in the Court of King Arthur - Mark Twain - 1898
What a bang on a head can do. Hang Morgan wakes up and finds himself transported back to the days of King Arthur, whose court he introduces to the joys of technology. After a sequence of adventures, he and Arthur are rescued by Sir Lancelot and a group of knights, all riding bicycles.
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Adventures of the Solitary Cyclist -Sir Conan Doyle -1904
One day, Holmes is searched by a young lady who is worried because a bearded man in a bicycle was following her when she was riding to the local railway station. The cyclist was just trying to save her from a forced marriage and with the help of Holes, they do it.
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More Pricks than Kicks - Samuel Beckett- 1934
Beckett was a lover of cycling. The machine was a way of going everywhere he wanted to. He carried the bicycle into the field and laid it down on the grass.
Three Men on the Bummel - Jerome K. Jerome -1990
Three men go forth on a cycling A tour of the Black Forest is the scenary of this book where three men ride bicycles thinking that this way is the best way to meet young women. This humorous book contains some anecdotes, odd tales and comments about the way German live.
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The White Woman on the Green Bicycle - Monique Roffey - 2009
Roffey's novel tells the story of Sabine Harwood, a woman who travels to Trinidad in a search of a new life. Lover of the open air she goes everywhere cycling her green bicycle. This way, she becomes known as " the white woman who rides everywhere on her green bicycle.
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