Project Gutenberg 2016-11-13 Public domain in the USA. 150 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 Wells, Herbert George 09031050 This Misery of Boots Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Misery_of_Boots The world as boots and superstructure -- People whose boots don't hurt them -- At this point a dispute arises -- Is socialism possible? -- Socialism means revolution. Produced by Mary Glenn Krause, MWS, ellinora and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "This Misery of Boots" by H. G. Wells is a philosophical essay written in the early 20th century. The book explores the societal implications of footwear as a lens to examine broader issues of poverty and class struggles, highlighting how something as mundane as boots can reflect the discomforts and challenges faced by the working class. Through this focus, Wells critiques the socio-economic frameworks that perpetuate these inequalities. In the narrative, Wells presents a conversation with a friend, discussing the various troubles that poor people face with their footwear, emphasizing pain and discomfort as common experiences. He argues that these issues are symptomatic of a poorly managed society, where private property and profit-driven motives dilute the quality of life. Wells's friend, who has experienced both the miseries of ill-fitting boots and the relief of comfortable footwear, expresses frustration over the systemic factors that rob the lower classes of comfort and dignity. By drawing parallels between footwear and other societal conditions, Wells advocates for a socialist approach to alleviate such discomforts, suggesting that a collective effort to abolish private property in essential goods could lead to a more equitable society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 61.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Socialism HX Text Browsing: Politics Browsing: Sociology Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Sociology 74106 2025-06-21T10:37:46.277835 text/html 49771 2024-10-23T01:23:32 text/html 105784 2025-06-21T10:37:49.063849 application/epub+zip 104055 2025-06-21T10:37:46.993826 application/epub+zip 95576 2025-06-21T10:37:46.616846 application/epub+zip 133391 2025-06-21T10:37:51.020826 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 121223 2025-06-21T10:37:48.707858 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 113025 2022-09-24T09:56:34.816937 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 61768 2025-06-21T10:37:46.083829 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 41937 2024-10-23T01:23:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16658 2025-06-21T10:37:51.167800 application/rdf+xml 12067 2025-06-21T10:37:46.706853 image/jpeg 2096 2025-06-21T10:37:46.661808 image/jpeg 88907 2025-06-21T10:37:46.296838 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia