The Country of the Blind and other Selected Stories
Wells, H. G.
Omschrijving
A consummate storyteller, the author made fantastic creatures and machines entirely believable; and, by placing ordinary men and women in extraordinary situations, he explored, with humor, what it means to be alive in a century of rapid scientific progress A consummate storyteller, the author made fantastic creatures and machines entirely believable; and, by placing ordinary men and women in extraordinary situations, he explored, with humor, what it means to be alive in a century of rapid scientific progress. Biographical Note
vii
Introduction
xiii
Further Reading
xxiv
Note on the Texts
xxvi
The Lord of the Dynamos
3(9)
The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes
12(10)
The Moth
22(11)
A Catastrophe
33(9)
The Cone
42(12)
The Argonauts of the Air
54(13)
Under the Knife
67(14)
A Slip under the Microscope
81(19)
The Plattner Story
100(20)
The Story of the late Mr Elvesham
120(17)
In the Abyss
137(16)
The Sea Raiders
153(11)
The Crystal Egg
164(18)
A Story of the Stone Age
182(57)
The Star
239(12)
The Man who could work Miracles
251(18)
A Dream of Armageddon
269(27)
The New Accelerator
296(15)
The Truth about Pyecraft
311(11)
The Country of the Blind
322(26)
The Empire of the Ants
348(17)
The Door in the Wall
365(17)
The Wild Asses of the Devil
382(13)
Appendix: H. G. Wells's Introduction to The Country of the Blind and Other Stories
395(6)
Wells's London and Surrounding Region
401(3)
Glossary
404(8)
Notes
412
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