First Men in the Moon (Version 2)

by H. G. Wells

26 chapters7h 19mEnglish0

About this book

The novel tells the story of a journey to the Moon undertaken by the two protagonists: a businessman narrator, Mr. Bedford; and an eccentric scientist, Mr. Cavor. Bedford and Cavor discover that the Moon is inhabited by a sophisticated extraterrestrial civilisation of insect-like creatures they call "Selenites". - Summary by Cliff Stone

Chapters (26)

1Mr. Bedford Meets Mr. Cavor at Lympne

2090

2The First Making of Cavorite

1017

3The Building of the Sphere

995

4Inside the Sphere

491

5The Journey to the Moon

705

6The Landing on the Moon

511

7Sunrise on the Moon

617

8A Lunar Morning

509

9Prospecting Begins

1078

10Lost Men in the Moon

636

11The Mooncalf Pastures

1323

12The Selenite’s Face

540

13Mr. Cavor Makes Some Suggestions

864

14Experiments in intercourse

666

15The Giddy Bridge

1275

16Points of View

939

17The Fight in the Cave of the Moon Butchers

1282

18In the Sunlight

1114

19Mr. Bedford Alone

1371

20Mr. Bedford in Infinite Space

892

21Mr. Bedford at Littlestone

1705

22The Astonishing Communication of Mr. Julius Wendigee

472

23An Abstract of the Six Messages First Received from Mr. Cavor

943

24The Natural History of the Selenites

2213

25The Grand Lunar

1880

26The Last Message Cavor sent to the Earth

240

First Men in the Moon (Version 2)

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