Title: Introduction (The Country of the Blind and Other Stories)
Title Record # 1535419
Author: H. G. Wells
Date: 1911-00-00
Type: ESSAY
Language: English
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Author: H. G. Wells
Date: 1911-00-00
Type: ESSAY
Language: English
Note:
Wells wrote this "Introduction" for The Country of the Blind and Other Stories, a 1911 collection of 33 stories that he selected.
He introduces "this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again. ... Many of very questionable merit find a place; it is an inclusive and not an exclusive gathering. ... The bulk of the fifty or sixty tales from which this present three-and-thirty have been chosen dates from the last century."
During the 1900s Wells had nearly ceased writing short stories, he says.
This "Introduction" is reprinted in some later, smaller collections. For instance the 2007 Penguin Classic contains 23 stories including 18 of the 33 that Wells selected, and introduced in the essay.
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | 1911-08-00 | H. G. Wells | Thomas Nelson & Sons | 2/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
xii+ 574 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | 1913-08-00 | H. G. Wells | Thomas Nelson & Sons (Nelson's Library) | -/7?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
xii+ 574 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | 1996-10-31 | H. G. Wells | Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) | 0-19-282827-4 |
xxxvii+ 534 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | |||
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | 1998-08-00 | H. G. Wells | J. M. Dent | 0-460-87964-2 | £30.00?£: UK pound |
xii+ 883 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | 2004-04-02 | H. G. Wells | Project Gutenberg | 11870 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories | 2006-01-10 | H. G. Wells | The Echo Library | 1-84637-793-5 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
302 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | ||
The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories | 2007-05-31 | H. G. Wells | Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) | 978-0-14-193711-3 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Kate Gibb | ||
The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories | 2007-12-18 | H. G. Wells | Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) | 978-0-14-144198-6 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
xxxii+ 432 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Kate Gibb | |
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | 2010-03-23 | H. G. Wells | Waking Lion Press | 978-1-4341-0292-8 | $21.99?$: US dollar |
398 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | ||
Complete Short Story Omnibus | 2011-04-00 | H. G. Wells | Gollancz | 978-0-575-09524-3 | £25.00?£: UK pound |
959 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | 2013-01-17 | H. G. Wells | CreateSpace | 978-1-4819-9061-5 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
310 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | ||
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | 2013-07-29 | H. G. Wells | CreateSpace | 978-1-4912-2057-3 | $15.20?$: US dollar |
576 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
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The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories | 2017-04-21 | H. G. Wells | Enhanced Media Publishing | 978-1-365-89161-8 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Frank R. Paul |