The Country of the Blind, and 32 Other Stories (The original unabridged edition)
By H. G. Wells
Length17h 34m
About this audiobook
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Country of the Blind, and 32 Other Stories (The original unabridged edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. "The Country of the Blind" is a short story written by H. G. Wells. It was first published in the April 1904 issue of The Strand Magazine and included in a 1911 collection of Wells's short stories, The Country of the Blind and Other Stories. It is one of Wells's best known short stories and features prominently in literature dealing with blindness. Table of contents: 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 judgment -- 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. Herbert George "H. G." Wells (1866 – 1946) was an English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing textbooks and rules for war games.
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length17 hrs 34 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 5, 2013
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION
30XXI. THE MAN WHO COULD WORK MIRACLES
2I. THE JILTING OF JANE
31I.
3II. THE CONE
32II.
4III. THE STOLEN BACILLUS
33III.
5IV. THE FLOWERING OF THE STRANGE ORCHID
34IV.
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6V. IN THE AVU OBSERVATORY
35V.
7VI. AEPYORNIS ISLAND
36VI.
8VII. THE REMARKABLE CASE OF DAVIDSON'S EYES
37VII.
9I.
38VIII.
10II.
39IX.
11III.
40XXIII. JIMMY GOGGLES THE GOD
12IV.
41XXIV. MISS WINCHELSEA'S HEART
13V.
42XXV. A DREAM OF ARMAGEDDON
14VIII. THE LORD OF THE DYNAMOS
43XXVI. THE VALLEY OF SPIDERS
15IX. THE MOTH
44XXVII. THE NEW ACCELERATOR
16X. THE TREASURE IN THE FOREST
45XXVIII. THE TRUTH ABOUT PYECRAFT
17XI. THE STORY OF THE LATE MR. ELVESHAM
46XXIX. THE MAGIC SHOP
18XII. UNDER THE KNIFE
47XXX. THE EMPIRE OF THE ANTS
19XIII. THE SEA RAIDERS
48I.
20I.
49II.
21II.
50III.
22III.
51IV.
23XIV. THE OBLITERATED MAN
52XXXI. THE DOOR IN THE WALL
24XV. THE PLATTNER STORY
53I.
25XVI. THE RED ROOM
54II.
26XVII. THE PURPLE PILEUS
55III.
27XVIII. A SLIP UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
56IV.
28XIX. THE CRYSTAL EGG
57XXXII. THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND
29XX. THE STAR
58XXXIII. THE BEAUTIFUL SUIT
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