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The Country of the Blind

Author
H. G. Wells
Read by
James Harrington
Language
English
Length
53 minutes
ISBN
9781802561845
Published
2 December 2024
Imprint
Fantastica
  • Science fiction
  • sci fi
  • h.g. wells
  • philosophy
  • adventure
  • action
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • time travel
  • future

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Description

The story is about a man who visits a country inhabited only by blind people. The man, who is sighted, is initially treated as a god, but he soon realizes that the blind people are actually the ones with the power. The story is a commentary on society and its blindness to certain truths.

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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