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The Wonderful Visit

First published
1895
Pages
157

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  1. I The Night of the Strange Bird

    3:15

  2. II The Coming of the Strange Bird

    5:04

  3. III The Hunting of the Strange Bird

    3:55

  4. IV

    2:52

  5. V

    5:36

  6. VI The Vicar and the Angel

    13:47

  7. VII

    4:07

  8. VIII

    4:46

  9. IX Parenthesis on Angels

    3:34

  10. X At the Vicarage

    4:51

  11. XI

    3:17

  12. XII

    5:50

  13. XIII The Man of Science

    5:54

  14. XIV

    6:24

  15. XV The Curate

    5:54

  16. XVI

    7:13

  17. XVII

    4:59

  18. XVIII After Dinner

    12:03

  19. XIX

    2:32

  20. XX

    4:42

  21. XXI

    5:01

  22. XXII Morning

    4:19

  23. XXIII The Violin

    6:09

  24. XXIV The Angel Explores the Village

    7:55

  25. XXV

    2:52

  26. XXVI

    8:33

  27. XXVII

    5:59

  28. XXVIII Lady Hammergallow's View

    9:45

  29. XXIX Further Adventures of the Angel in the Village

    6:46

  30. XXX

    7:55

  31. XXXI Mrs Jehoram's Breadth of View

    6:14

  32. XXXII A Trivial Incident

    2:03

  33. XXXIII The Warp and the Woof of Things

    4:14

  34. XXXIV The Angel's Debut

    23:04

  35. XXXV

    4:22

  36. XXXVI

    1:28

  37. XXXVII

    3:34

  38. XXXVIII The Trouble of the Barbed Wire

    7:12

  39. XXXIX

    4:03

  40. XL Delia

    5:45

  41. XLI Doctor Crump acts

    10:53

  42. XLII Sir John Gotch acts

    5:27

  43. XLIII The Sea Cliff

    4:17

  44. XLIV Mrs Hinijer acts

    4:37

  45. XLV The Angel in Trouble

    4:15

  46. XLVI

    4:34

  47. XLVII The Last Day of the Visit

    6:57

  48. XLVIII

    6:47

  49. XLVIX

    1:21

  50. L

    3:36

  51. LI

    3:19

  52. LII

    2:04

  53. LIII The Epilogue

    3:30

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About this book

When a country vicar accidentally shoots down an angel who has strayed from the Land of Dreams, the bewildered celestial visitor is taken into the vicarage, where his innocence exposes the cruelty, hypocrisy, and absurdity of ordinary English village life. Wells's whimsical early fantasy uses the angel's outsider eyes to satirize humanity with gentle irony and growing poignancy. Part fairy tale, part social comedy, part tragedy, The Wonderful Visit is a charming and thoughtful fable about beauty and goodness colliding with a narrow world. Light yet pointed, it reveals the imaginative playfulness and moral seriousness that run through all of Wells's work.

About the author

H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells was an English writer, prolific in many genres. He wrote more than forty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography, and autobiography.

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Book facts

First published
1895
Reading time
About 3 hours
Pages
157
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Mary Bard