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Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation

Author
H. G. Wells
Series
World Classics
Language
English
Length
26 pages
ISBN
9781787242296
Published
20 April 2017
Imprint
Fantastica
  • Science fiction
  • sci fi
  • h.g. wells
  • philosophy
  • adventure
  • action
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • time travel
  • future

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Mild schoolmaster Ledbetter tries a petty burglary, walks off with soap, and is scooped up by Bingham, an embezzling bank manager, onto a yacht that strands him far from home. Panic, farce, and a hard scramble back through Jamaica. Wells comedy when a timid man breaks the law and cannot put the pieces back.

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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