In The Days Of The Comet

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H. G. Wells: In The Days Of The Comet (1998, University Publishing House)

Paperback, 200 pages

Published Feb. 1, 1998 by University Publishing House.

ISBN:
978-1-57002-014-8
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OCLC Number:
51822955

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H. G. Wells, in his 1906 In the Days of the Comet uses the vapors of a comet to trigger a deep and lasting change in humanity's perspective on themselves and the world. In the build-up to a great war, poor student William Leadford struggles against the harsh conditions the lower-class live under. He also falls in love with a middle-class girl named Nettie. But when he discovers that Nettie has eloped with a man of upper-class standing, William struggles with the betrayal, and in the disorder of his own mind decides to buy a revolver and kill them both. All through this a large comet lights the night sky with a green glow, bright enough that the street lamps are left unlit.

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  • Fiction