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The Wonderful Visit

H. G. Wells

When an angel from the "Land of Dreams" is mistaken for a bird and shot by a country vicar, he finds himself stranded in Victorian England.

"The Wonderful Visit" by H. G. Wells is a novel. When an angel from the "Land of Dreams" is mistaken for a bird and shot by a country vicar, he finds himself stranded in Victorian England.

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Sandy Bright was coming down the road from Spinner's carrying a side of bacon he had taken in exchange for a clock. He saw nothing of the light but he heard and saw the Strange Bird. He suddenly heard a flapping and a voice like a woman wailing, and being a nervous man and all alone, he was alarmed forthwith, and turning (all a-tremble) saw something large and black against the dim darkness of the cedars up the hill. It seemed to be coming right down upon him, and incontinently he dropped his bacon and set off running, only to fall headlong.

He tried in vain—such was his state of mind—to remember the beginning of the Lord's Prayer. The strange bird flapped over him, something larger than himself, with a vast spread of wings, and, as he thought, black. He screamed and gave himself up for lost. Then it went past him, sailing down the hill, and, soaring over the vicarage, vanished into the hazy valley towards Sidderford.

Contents

  1. 01The Night of the Strange Bird. I.
  2. 02The Coming of the Strange Bird. II.
  3. 03The Hunting of the Strange Bird. III.
  4. 04IV.
  5. 05V.
  6. 06The Vicar and the Angel. VI.
  7. 07VII.
  8. 08VIII.
  9. 09Parenthesis on Angels. IX.
  10. 10At the Vicarage. X.
  11. 11XI.
  12. 12XII.
  13. 13The Man of Science. XIII.
  14. 14XIV.
  15. 15The Curate. XV.
  16. 16XVI.
  17. 17XVII.
  18. 18After Dinner. XVIII.
  19. 19XIX.
  20. 20XX.
  21. 21XXI.
  22. 22Morning. XXII.
  23. 23The Violin. XXIII.
  24. 24The Angel Explores the Village. XXIV.
  25. 25XXV.
  26. 26XXVI.
  27. 27XXVII.
  28. 28Lady Hammergallow's View. XXVIII.
  29. 29Further Adventures of the Angel in the Village. XXIX.
  30. 30XXX.
  31. 31Mrs Jehoram's Breadth of View. XXXI.
  32. 32A Trivial Incident. XXXII.
  33. 33The Warp and the Woof of Things. XXXIII.
  34. 34The Angel's Debut. XXXIV.
  35. 35XXXV.
  36. 36XXXVI.
  37. 37XXXVII.
  38. 38The Trouble of the Barbed Wire. XXXVIII.
  39. 39XXXIX.
  40. 40Delia. XL.
  41. 41Doctor Crump Acts. XLI.
  42. 42Sir John Gotch Acts. XLII.
  43. 43The Sea Cliff. XLIII.
  44. 44Mrs Hinijer Acts. XLIV.
  45. 45The Angel in Trouble. XLV.
  46. 46XLVI.
  47. 47The Last Day of the Visit. XLVII.
  48. 48XLVIII.
  49. 49XLIX.
  50. 50L.
  51. 51LI.
  52. 52LII.
  53. 53The Epilogue.

About this edition

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