Love and Mr Lewisham - Couverture rigide

Wells, H. G.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0755104102 ISBN 13 : 9780755104109

Editeur : House of Stratus, 2002

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Mr. Lewisham, a young and highly ambitious schoolmaster, falls in love with Ethel Henderson, a young lady visiting his Sussex village. When Ethel returns to London they promise to keep in touch but as time passes their letters go astray. A few years later, we are re-introduced to Mr. Lewisham, now a student at the Normal School of Science in London. Having searched in vain for Ethel, his life revolves around study and a flirtation with fellow student Alice. But just as things are all set with Alice, he runs into Ethel at a séance he has attended out of curiosity. There he realises that Ethel is the niece of a charlatan 'medium', and closely involved in his dealings. His memories of their time in Sussex wrestle in his mind with his feelings of disgust for all things spiritual, as his love for Ethel forces him to reconsider his political and scientific beliefs.

Biographie de l'auteur :

H.G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist, who published more than a hundred books, including novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. Wells's prophetic imagination was first displayed in pioneering works of science fiction, but later he became an apostle of socialism, science and progress. His controversial views on sexual equality and the shape of a truly developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He was, in Bertrand Russell's words, 'an important liberator of thought and action'.Gillian Beer is a famed writer and critic. She is Emeritus Professor at Girton College, Cambridge.Simon J. James is Lecturer in Victorian Literature at the University of Durham. He has written on, and edited works by, George Gissing and H.G. Wells.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: House of Stratus
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0755104102
• ISBN 13: 9780755104109
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 290