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A Moonlight Fable

Author
H. G. Wells
Read by
James Harrington
Language
English
Length
9 minutes
ISBN
9781802561814
Published
2 December 2024
Imprint
Fantastica
  • moonlight adventure
  • silver-white suit
  • whimsical journey
  • innocence
  • rebellion
  • beauty and loss
  • fleeting nature
  • transcendence
  • youthful desire
  • poignancy

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Description

In H.G. Wells' short story "A Moonlight Fable," we meet a young boy whose mother gives him a beautiful, silver-white suit, instructing him to save it for a special occasion. The boy, enchanted by the suit’s beauty, dons it one moonlit night, drawn by the desire to experience its magic. Against the surreal backdrop of the moonlit landscape, the boy embarks on a whimsical adventure, seeking freedom and transcendence. However, his innocent act of rebellion leads to an unexpected, poignant conclusion. Wells crafts a fable about the fleeting nature of beauty and the bittersweet pangs of youth, love, and loss.

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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