Bibliograph

In the days of the comet, H.G. Wells

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In the days of the comet, H.G. Wells

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

In the days of the comet

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

795507038

Responsibility statement

H.G. Wells

Summary

H.G. Wells, in his 1906 In the Days of the Comet uses the vapors of a comet to trigger a deep and lasting change in humanity's perspective on themselves and the world. In the build-up to a great war, poor student William Leadford struggles against the harsh conditions the lower-class live under. He also falls in love with a middle-class girl named Nettie. But when he discovers that Nettie has eloped with a man of upper-class standing, William struggles with the betrayal, and in the disorder of his own mind decides to buy a revolver and kill them both. All through this a large comet lights the night sky with a green glow, bright enough that the street lamps are left unlit

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