Country of the Blind, and Other Stories

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By Listen TheBook Posted on Jun 1, 2023

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Authors: H. G. Wells In Year : 1911

Book Language: English

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Introduction
The Jilting of Jane
The Cone
The Stolen Bacillus
The Flowering of the Strange Orchid
In the Avu Observatory
Aepyornis Island
The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes
The Lord of the Dynamos
The Moth
The Treasure in the Forest
The Story of the late Mr. Elvesham
Under the Knife
The Sea Raiders
The Obliterated Man
The Plattner Story
The Red Room
The Purple Pileus
A Slip Under the Microscope
The Crystal Egg
The Star
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
A Vision of Judgement
Jimmy Goggles the god
Miss Winchelsea's Heart
A Dream of Armageddon
The Valley of Spiders
The New Accelerator
The Truth about Pyecraft
The Magic Shop
The Empire of the Ants
The Door in the Wall
The Country of the Blind
The Beautiful Suit

A collection of Wells' short stories, with a short introductory essay by the author- "Essentially it is a miscellany of inventions, many of which were very pleasant to write; and its end is more than attained if some of them are refreshing and agreeable to read. I have now re-read them all, and I am glad to think I wrote them. I like them, but I cannot tell how much the associations of old happinesses gives them a flavour for me. I make no claims for them and no apology; they will be read as long as people read them." (From the author's Introduction.)
H.G. Wells is best known as a writer of science fiction; "The Country of the Blind and Other Stories" is a collection only incidentally touched by science.