The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories

Overview

A mountaineer's failed attempt to rule an isolated valley community of blind settlers leads to love and an unexpected way of life.

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Bio of H.G. Wells

H.G. Wells was born in Bromley, England, the son of an unsuccessful merchant. After a limited education, he was apprenticed to a dry-goods merchant, but soon found he wanted something more out of life. He read widely and got a position as a student assistant in a secondary school, eventually winning a scholarship to the College of Science in South Kensington, where he studied biology under the British biologist and educator, Thomas Henry Huxley. After graduating, Wells took several different teaching positions and began writing for magazines. When his stories began to sell, he left teaching to write full time. Wells's first major novel, The Time Machine (1895), launched his career as a writer, and he began to produce a steady stream of science-fiction tales, short stories, realistic novels, and books of sociology, history, science, and biography, producing one or more books a year. Much of Wells's work is forward-looking, peering into the future of prophesy social and scientific developments, sometimes with amazing accuracy. Along with French writer Jules Verne, Wells is credited with popularizing science fiction, and such novels as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds (1898) are still widely read. Many of Wells's stories are based on his own experiences. The History of Mr. Polly (1910) draws on the life of Wells's father. Kipps (1905) uses Wells's experience as an apprentice, and Love and Mr. Lewisham (1900) draws on Wells's experiences as a school teacher. Wells also wrote stories showing how the world could be a better place. One such story is A Modern Utopia (1905). As a writer, Wells's range was exceptionally wide and his imagination extremely fertile. While time may have caught up with him (many of the things he predicted have already come to pass), he remains an interesting writer because of his ability to tell a lively tale.

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  Posted February 19, 2009 by Jade, Wyoming

  Before you purchase any other Wells book you should get this one. This will help you avoid purchasing the same story twice by accident. The Country of the Blind and Other Stories is 916 pages and contains several stories. Some are funny, some are short, some are long and some are serious. The Country of the Blind was very interesting and proved false a common saying. The Jilting of Jane was funny and made me wonder what it would be like to fling shoes at someone who upset me. I think it could be very satisfying. The Door in the Wall is also in this anthology. The Flower of the Strange Orchid was very interesting. All the stories were well written.

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Imprint

CONNECT eBooks Classics

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1.50 MB

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eBook ISBN

9781434001627