Wonderful Visit

by H. G. Wells

53 chapters4h 59mEnglish1895

About this book

An other-worldly creature visits a small English village, and H. G. Wells uses humour and satire to convey some of the imperfections of Victorian society, as ‘angel’ and humans view each other with equal incomprehension.( summary by Mary Bard)

Chapters (53)

1I The Night of the Strange Bird

195

2II The Coming of the Strange Bird

304

3III The Hunting of the Strange Bird

235

4IV

172

336

6VI The Vicar and the Angel

827

7VII

247

8VIII

286

9IX Parenthesis on Angels

214

10X At the Vicarage

291

11XI

197

12XII

350

13XIII The Man of Science

354

14XIV

384

15XV The Curate

354

16XVI

433

17XVII

299

18XVIII After Dinner

723

19XIX

152

20XX

282

21XXI

301

22XXII Morning

259

23XXIII The Violin

369

24XXIV The Angel Explores the Village

475

25XXV

172

26XXVI

513

27XXVII

359

28XXVIII Lady Hammergallow's View

585

29XXIX Further Adventures of the Angel in the Village

406

30XXX

475

31XXXI Mrs Jehoram's Breadth of View

374

32XXXII A Trivial Incident

123

33XXXIII The Warp and the Woof of Things

254

34XXXIV The Angel's Debut

1384

35XXXV

262

36XXXVI

37XXXVII

214

38XXXVIII The Trouble of the Barbed Wire

432

39XXXIX

243

40XL Delia

345

41XLI Doctor Crump acts

653

42XLII Sir John Gotch acts

327

43XLIII The Sea Cliff

257

44XLIV Mrs Hinijer acts

277

45XLV The Angel in Trouble

255

46XLVI

274

47XLVII The Last Day of the Visit

417

48XLVIII

407

49XLVIX

50L

216

51LI

199

52LII

124

53LIII The Epilogue

210

Wonderful Visit

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