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The Temptation of Harringay

Author
H. G. Wells
Read by
Finian Silverwood
Language
English
Length
11 minutes
ISBN
9781802567502
Published
15 July 2025
Imprint
Fantastica
  • Science fiction
  • sci fi
  • h.g. wells
  • philosophy
  • adventure
  • action
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • time travel
  • future

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On Harringay’s easel an Italian organ-grinder becomes a talking devil offering oil masterpieces for a Chelsea soul. Wells’s studio farce: the Vigil that will not sit still, a bargain from two pictures to five, green enamel from his wife’s room as the only sacrament. Brush against mouth; art as a fight you can hear. He never paints the masterpiece — and friends are sure he never will.

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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