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The First Men in the Moon
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The First Men in the Moon  

H. G. Wells  and Simon J. James

Abstract

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!’

Bibliographic Information

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN:
9780198705048
DOI:
10.1093/owc/9780198705048.001.0001

Authors

H. G. Wells, author

Simon J. James, editor


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Contents

  • Front Matter
    • Acknowledgements
    • Introduction
    • Note on the Text
    • Select Bibliography
    • A chronology of H. G. Wells
    • The First Men in the Moon
  • 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
  • End Matter
    • Explanatory Notes
  • Oxford University Press
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date: 21 March 2023

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