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H. G. Wells
Born Herbert George Wells in Kent in 1866, H. G. Wells was an outspoken socialist and pacifist, whose works caused some controversy. He is more widely known as a science fiction writer for the novels that he published between 1895 and 1901: The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, When the Sleeper Wakes and The First Men in the Moon. All, except for When the Sleeper Wakes, have been made into films.
Along with Jules Verne, H. G. Wells is also known as 'the Father of Science Fiction'.
His later novels were more realistic and he wrote many genres, including contemporary novels, history and social commentary.
H. G. Wells died in 1946.
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Today H. G. Well’s reputation rests almost entirely upon his science fiction novels, which include The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898), all of which are acknowledged classics of the science fiction genre and continue to be widely read and adapted into other media. “The Door in the Wall” is considered by both readers and critics to be his finest short story.
As well as The Door in the Wall this collection has another seven short stories.
THE DOOR IN THE WALL
Lionel Wallace is a successful politician. He tells his friend Redmond about an evening that changed his life forever. As a lonely child of five, he wandered out of his home into the streets of West Kensington in London, where he noticed a green door set in a white wall. Entering the door, he finds himself in an enchanted garden. The garden is filled with happiness and exotic creatures, and here he meets a strange girl.
THE STAR
In January 1900, the people of Earth awaken to a cosmic event – a vast luminous object has caught Neptune inside is gravitational pull and is now heading directly on a collision course toward the center of our star system.
A DREAM OF ARMAGEDDON
The story is set on board a train. When an unwell-looking man strikes up a conversation with the narrator when he sees him reading a book about dreams. The man describes his own vivid dreams where he sees the collapse of the world.
THE CONE
Raut is an artist who visits Horrock, the manager of the Jeddah Company Blast Furnaces. Raut plans to study the equipment but instead ends up in a fight with Horrock, who believes Raut is having an affair with his wife.
A MOONLIGHT FABLE or The Beautiful Suit
A dominating mother tells her son he can only wear his best suit on special occasions. It was the suit he was married in, and apart from wearing it to church he has no other excuse to put it on. One evening – when the moonlight inspires him – he dresses in his suit and climbs from his bedroom window and walks throughout the garden.
THE DIAMOND MAKER
The narrator is relaxing by the Thames Embankment when someone who looks like a tramp starts a conversation with him. Despite his appearance, the man talks like an educated businessman. He also has a bag of what appears to be uncut diamonds – one of which looks as big as the tip of a thumb. The strange man offers to sell the huge diamond for a hundred pounds.
THE LORD OF THE DYNAMOS
Azuma-zi is from southeast Asia, who arrives in London on board a steamer. He speaks no English and is bewildered by the turmoil of the large city. He loses all the money he has earned serving on the steamer, but eventually finds work as a stoker. He is impressed by the humming, whirling machinery and comes to believe that the big dynamo is a god. He starts to worship it – he salaams to it when he arrives at work. The problem is he starts to clean and polish it with devotional care and anoint it with oil – by which he unintentionally damages it. His boss is not impressed.
THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND
A mountaineer named Nuñez accidentally stumbles upon a valley that has been cut off from the outside world for many generations. Here he discovers the fabled Country of the Blind.
These books are unabridged and the stories appear as they were first published.
The audio link will only work on Kobo's iOS and Android apps.
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