In the Days of the Comet
Author: Herbert George Wells
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Published: 1906
Total Pages: 396
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The Passionate Friends
Author: Herbert George Wells
Publisher: Oxford Society Limited, [191-?]
Published: 1913
Total Pages: 394
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Author: H. G. Wells
Publisher: Double 9 Booksllp
Published: 2023
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789357278263
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn H. G. Wells' science fiction book In the Days of the Comet (1906), when a comet forces ""the nitrogen of the air, the ancient azote,"" to ""transform out of itself,"" mankind is ""exalted."" As a result, there is peace on earth and goodwill toward all people. Our atmosphere is one of happiness and beauty. The prologue and epilogue of ""The Man Who Wrote in the Tower"" are written by an unidentified narrator. In Book I, William (""Willie"") Leadford, who was ""third in the office staff of Rawdon's pot-bank [a facility where pottery is created] in Clayton,"" leaves his employment at the same moment that industrial Britain is devastated by a slump brought on by American dumping. Leadford, who was converted to socialism by his friend ""Parload,"" attributes his miserable living situation on racial injustice. The exact date of the incident is unknown. Leadford awakens at the beginning of Book II, when he is intensely aware of the beauty in the world and has a kind and giving attitude toward other people. Verrall, Leadford, and Nettie have a passionate conversation about their futures at the start of Book III. By her ""uncomfortable awareness of significant moral inequalities,"" the author is worried.
In the Days of the Comet Illustrated
Author: H G Wells
Publisher:
Published: 2020-10-19
Total Pages: 308
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the Days of the Comet (1906) is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells in which humanity is "exalted" when a comet causes "the nitrogen of the air, the old azote," to "change out of itself" and become "a respirable gas, differing indeed from oxygen, but helping and sustaining its action, a bath of strength and healing for nerve and brain."[2] The result: "The great Change has come for evermore, happiness and beauty are our atmosphere, there is peace on earth and good will to all men
In the Days of the Comet (1906)
Author: H. G. Wells
Publisher:
Published: 2019-10-12
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9781699335925
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the Days of the Comet (1906) is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells in which humanity is "exalted" when a comet causes "the nitrogen of the air, the old azote," to "change out of itself" and become "a respirable gas, differing indeed from oxygen, but helping and sustaining its action, a bath of strength and healing for nerve and brain." The result: "The great Change has come for evermore, happiness and beauty are our atmosphere, there is peace on earth and good will to all men."Plot summaryAn unnamed narrator is the author of a prologue ("The Man Who Wrote in the Tower") and an epilogue ("The Window of the Tower"). In these short texts is depicted an encounter with a "happy, active-looking" old man: the protagonist and author of the first-person narrative, writing the story of his life immediately before and after "the Change".This narrative is divided into three "books": Book I: The Comet; Book II: The Green Vapours; and Book III: The New World.
In the Days of the Comet (Annotated)
Author: H G Wells
Publisher:
Published: 2021-02-07
Total Pages: 316
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the Days of the Comet (1906) is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells in which humanity is "exalted" when a comet causes "the nitrogen of the air, the old azote," to "change out of itself" and become "a respirable gas, differing indeed from oxygen, but helping and sustaining its action, a bath of strength and healing for nerve and brain." The result: "The great Change has come for evermore, happiness and beauty are our atmosphere, there is peace on earth and good will to all men."
In the Days of the Comet
Author: H Wells
Publisher:
Published: 2017-10-26
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781979168953
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the Days of the Comet (1906) is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells in which humanity is "exalted" when a comet causes "the nitrogen of the air, the old azote," to "change out of itself" and become "a respirable gas, differing indeed from oxygen, but helping and sustaining its action, a bath of strength and healing for nerve and brain." The result: "The great Change has come for evermore, happiness and beauty are our atmosphere, there is peace on earth and good will to all men."
The H.G. Wells Reader
Author: Herbert George Wells
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 498
ISBN-13: 0878333061
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection, the first of its kind, indicates the full breadth of Well's visionary views and social commentary.
Classifying the Cosmos
Author: Steven J. Dick
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2019-03-21
Total Pages: 494
ISBN-13: 3030103803
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the invention of the telescope 400 years ago, astronomers have rapidly discovered countless celestial objects. But how does one make sense of it all? Astronomer and former NASA Chief Historian Steven J. Dick brings order to this menagerie by defining 82 classes of astronomical objects, which he places in a beginner-friendly system known as "Astronomy’s Three Kingdoms.” Rather than concentrating on technicalities, this system focuses on the history of each object, the nature of its discovery, and our current knowledge about it. The ensuing book can therefore be read on at least two levels. On one level, it is an illustrated guide to various types of astronomical wonders. On another level, it is considerably more: the first comprehensive classification system to cover all celestial objects in a consistent manner. Accompanying each spread are spectacular historical and modern images. The result is a pedagogical tour-de-force, whereby readers can easily master astronomy’s three realms of planets, stars, and galaxies.
Victorian Literature and the Victorian State
Author: Lauren M. E. Goodlad
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2004-12-07
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 0801881544
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStudies of Victorian governance have been profoundly influenced by Discipline and Punish, Michel Foucault's groundbreaking genealogy of modern power. Yet, according to Lauren Goodlad, Foucault's analysis is better suited to the history of the Continent than to nineteenth-century Britain, with its decentralized, voluntarist institutional culture and passionate disdain for state interference. Focusing on a wide range of Victorian writing—from literary figures such as Charles Dickens, George Gissing, Harriet Martineau, J. S. Mill, Anthony Trollope, and H. G. Wells to prominent social reformers such as Edwin Chadwick, Thomas Chalmers, Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth, and Beatrice Webb—Goodlad shows that Foucault's later essays on liberalism and "governmentality" provide better critical tools for understanding the nineteenth-century British state. Victorian Literature and the Victorian State delves into contemporary debates over sanitary, education, and civil service reform, the Poor Laws, and the century-long attempt to substitute organized charity for state services. Goodlad's readings elucidate the distinctive quandary of Victorian Britain and, indeed, any modern society conceived in liberal terms: the elusive quest for a "pastoral" agency that is rational, all-embracing, and effective but also anti-bureaucratic, personalized, and liberatory. In this study, impressively grounded in literary criticism, social history, and political theory, Goodlad offers a timely post-Foucauldian account of Victorian governance that speaks to the resurgent neoliberalism of our own day.
