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The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories

H. G. Wells

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  • Book language: English
  • 421 pages

A collection of short stories by H. G. Wells, including the title story about a man who discovers a hidden valley where all inhabitants are blind, and other tales of speculative fiction. These imaginative stories explore scientific and social ideas. Worth listening for their inventive plots and classic storytelling.

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THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND

AND OTHER STORIES

By H. G. Wells

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

The enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again. Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called Tales of Space and Time, no short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume. Many of very

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Contents

  1. THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND
  2. AND OTHER STORIES
  3. INTRODUCTION
  4. I. — THE JILTING OF JANE.
  5. II. — THE CONE.
  6. III. — THE STOLEN BACILLUS.
  7. IV. — THE FLOWERING OF THE STRANGE ORCHID.
  8. V. — IN THE AVU OBSERVATORY.
  9. VI. — AEPYORNIS ISLAND.
  10. VII. — THE REMARKABLE CASE OF DAVIDSON'S EYES.
  11. VIII. — THE LORD OF THE DYNAMOS.
  12. IX. — THE MOTH.
  13. X. — THE TREASURE IN THE FOREST.
  14. XI. — THE STORY OF THE LATE MR. ELVESHAM.
  15. XII. — UNDER THE KNIFE.
  16. XIII. — THE SEA RAIDERS.
  17. XIV. — THE OBLITERATED MAN.
  18. XV. — THE PLATTNER STORY.
  19. XVI. — THE RED ROOM.
  20. XVII. — THE PURPLE PILEUS
  21. XVIII. — A SLIP UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.
  22. XIX. — THE CRYSTAL EGG.
  23. XX. — THE STAR.
  24. XXI. — THE MAN WHO COULD WORK MIRACLES.
  25. XXII. — A VISION OF JUDGMENT.
  26. XXIII. — JIMMY GOGGLES THE GOD.
  27. XXIV. — MISS WINCHELSEA'S HEART.
  28. XXV. — A DREAM OF ARMAGEDDON.
  29. XXVI. — THE VALLEY OF SPIDERS.
  30. XXVII. — THE NEW ACCELERATOR.

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