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A Deal In Ostriches

Author
H. G. Wells
Series
World Classics
Language
English
Length
14 pages
ISBN
9781787242371
Published
15 May 2017
Imprint
Fantastica
  • Science fiction
  • sci fi
  • h.g. wells
  • philosophy
  • adventure
  • action
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • time travel
  • future

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Description

Aboard ship, a deal in ostriches turns into something sharper: an auction, a disputed diamond scheme, and vanity colliding with clever talk. Wells’s short comic satire of get-rich cleverness and the mess it makes when everyone thinks they are the smartest person in the cabin.

Author

H. G. Wells (1866–1946) was born in Bromley, trained in biology under Huxley, and turned that laboratory habit into fiction. The Time Machine sent a Victorian into deep time; The War of the Worlds brought the sky down on the Home Counties. He wrote as if the future were a social problem with monsters attached. The novels argue while they entertain. A draper's son who made scientific romance a public language.

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