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The First Men in the Moon

by H. G. Wells

Pages
about 247
Category
Literature & Fiction
Language
English
Reading time
4.5 h at 250 wpm
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From the opening

I. Mr. Bedford Meets Mr. Cavor at Lympne II. The First Making of Cavorite III. The Building of the sphere IV. Inside the Sphere V. The Journey to the Moon VI. The Landing on the Moon VII. Sunrise on the Moon VIII. A Lunar Morning IX. Prospecting Begins X. Lost Men in the Moon XI. The Mooncalf Pastures XII. The Selenite’s Face XIII. Mr. Cavor Makes Some Suggestions XIV. Experiments in intercourse XV. The Giddy Bridge XVI. Points of View XVII. The Fight in the Cave of the Moon Butchers XVIII. In the Sunlight XIX. Mr. Bedford Alone XX. Mr. Bedford in Infinite Space XXI. Mr. Bedford at Littlestone XXII. The Astonishing Communication of Mr. Julius Wendigee XXIII. An Abstract of the Six Messages First Received from Mr. Cavor XXIV. The Natural History of the Selenites XXV. The Grand Lunar XXVI. The Last Message Cavor sent to the Earth

As I sit down to write here amidst the shadows of vine-leaves under the blue sky of southern Italy, it comes to me with a certain quality of astonishment that my participation in these amazing adventures of Mr. Cavor was, after all, the outcome of the purest accident. It might have been any one. I fell into these things at a time when I thought myself removed from the slightest possibility of disturbing experiences. I had gone to Lympne because I had imagined it the most uneventful place in the world. “Here, at any rate,” said I, “I shall find peace and a chance to work!”

And this book is the sequel. So utterly at variance is destiny with all the little plans of men. I may perhaps mention here that very recently I had come an ugly cropper in certain business enterprises. Sitting now surrounded by all the circumstances of wealth, there is a luxury in admitting my extremity. I can admit, even, that to a certain extent my disasters were conceivably of my own making.

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