| The First Men in the Moon Contributor(s): Wells, H. G. (Author), 1stworld Library (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1421809362 ISBN-13: 9781421809366 Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society OUR PRICE: $27.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Science Fiction - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004091190 |
| Lexile Measure: 1130 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.08 lbs) 280 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 76094 Reading Level: 7.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 12.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - 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. It may be there are directions in which I have some capacity, but the conduct of business operations is not among these. But in those days I was young, and my youth among other objectionable forms took that of a pride in my capacity for affairs. |