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The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories

H. G. Wells

First published in 1911, this anthology represents what Wells considered his short fiction worth preserving.

"The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories" by H. G. Wells is a collection of thirty-three fantasy and science fiction short stories. First published in 1911, this anthology represents what Wells considered his short fiction worth preserving.

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As I sit writing in my study, I can hear our Jane bumping her way downstairs with a brush and dust-pan. She used in the old days to sing hymn tunes, or the British national song for the time being, to these instruments, but latterly she has been silent and even careful over her work. Time was when I prayed with fervour for such silence, and my wife with sighs for such care, but now they have come we are not so glad as we might have anticipated we should be. Indeed, I would rejoice secretly, though it may be unmanly weakness to admit it, even to hear Jane sing "Daisy," or, by the fracture of any plate but one of Euphemia's best green ones, to learn that the period of brooding has come to an end.

Contents

  1. 01Introduction
  2. 02H. G. Wells.
  3. 03I. — the Jilting of Jane.
  4. 04II. — the Cone.
  5. 05III. — the Stolen Bacillus.
  6. 06IV. — the Flowering of the Strange Orchid.
  7. 07V. — in the Avu Observatory.
  8. 08VI. — Aepyornis Island.
  9. 09VII. — the Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes.
  10. 10VIII. — the Lord of the Dynamos.
  11. 11IX. — the Moth.
  12. 12X. — the Treasure in the Forest.
  13. 13XI. — the Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham.
  14. 14XII. — Under the Knife.
  15. 15XIII. — the Sea Raiders.
  16. 16XIV. — the Obliterated Man.
  17. 17XV. — the Plattner Story.
  18. 18XVI. — the Red Room.
  19. 19XVII. — the Purple Pileus
  20. 20XVIII. — a Slip Under the Microscope.
  21. 21XIX. — the Crystal Egg.
  22. 22XX. — the Star.
  23. 23XXI. — the Man Who Could Work Miracles.
  24. 24A Pantoum in Prose.
  25. 25XXII. — a Vision of Judgment.
  26. 26XXIII. — Jimmy Goggles the God.
  27. 27XXIV. — Miss Winchelsea's Heart.
  28. 28XXV. — a Dream of Armageddon.
  29. 29XXVI. — the Valley of Spiders.
  30. 30XXVII. — the New Accelerator.
  31. 31XXVIII. — the Truth About Pyecraft.
  32. 32XXIX. — the Magic Shop.
  33. 33XXX. — the Empire of the Ants.
  34. 34XXXI. — the Door in the Wall.
  35. 35XXXII. — the Country of the Blind.
  36. 36XXXIII. — the Beautiful Suit.

About this edition

Author
H. G. Wells
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Introductory: no background needed
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
469 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers