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Jun 29, 2020 · The complete short stories of H.G. Wells by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
Jul 23, 2022 · One of the founding-fathers of science fiction, it is in his short stories, all of which are included in this volume, that Wells first explored the enormous potential of the scientific discoveries of his age. Originally published: London: Dent, 1998.
Apr 17, 2024 · Short stories by H. G. Wells, 1987, St Martin's Press edition, in English.
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He looked up with a sudden smile. “Did you ever play North-West Passage with me? . . . . . No, of courseyou didn’t come my way!” “It was the sort of game,” he went on, “that everyimaginative child plays all day. The idea was the discovery of a North-WestPassage to school. The way to school was plain enough; the game consisted infinding some way tha...
For a time my friend stared silently into the red heart of the fire. Then hesaid: “I never saw it again until I was seventeen. “It leapt upon me for the third time—as I was driving to Paddingtonon my way to Oxford and a scholarship. I had just one momentary glimpse. I wasleaning over the apron of my hansom smoking a cigarette, and no doubt thinking...
I can see now his rather pallid face, and the unfamiliar sombre fire that hadcome into his eyes. I see him very vividly to-night. I sit recalling his words,his tones, and last evening’s Westminster Gazettestill lies on mysofa, containing the notice of his death. At lunch to-day the club was busywith him and the strange riddle of his fate. They foun...
Free epub ebook download of the Standard Ebooks edition of Short Fiction: A collection of short stories by H. G. Wells in a variety of genres ordered by date of publication.
Some things are more easily done as short stories than others and more abundantly done, but one of the many pleasures of short-story writing is to achieve the impossible.
H.G. Wells was a founding father of modern science fiction, but it was in his short stories, written when he was a young man embarking on a literary career, that he first explored the enormous potential of the scientific discoveries of his day. This volume contains all 84 of his short stories.
