Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland

Name: Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland
Author: H. G. Wells
ISBN: 9781802564990

Author: H. G. Wells
Read by: Raphael Croft
Language: English
Length: 35 minutes
ISBN: 9781802564990
Published: 10 April 2025
Imprint: Fantastica

fairyland
enchantment
longing
escapism
love
sacrifice
wonder
melancholy
human connection
supernatural encounter

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Shy shopkeeper Skelmersdale finds Fairyland, love, and wonder, then must live with ordinary life again. Charm with a sting. Spoken as Wells fantasy when enchantment does not pay the rent.

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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