Ebook {Epub PDF} The Croquet Player by H.G. Wells

“The Croquet Player is one of the most popular of Wells’ later novellas. It is considered a modern classic This edition features a thoughtful dissection of the novella by John Huntington.”—The H.G. Wells Society, The AmericasCited by: 7. The Croquet Player by H.G. Wells left a tremendous impression upon England in the spirit. England dramatized in highly symbolic terms as Mr. George Frobisher, who was reared by his maiden aunt (who in turn may be identified as Britannia, the lady who rules the waves).4/5(10). The Croquet Player by H. G. Wells and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru

The Croquet Player Author Wells, H.G Format/binding Hardcover Book condition Used - Good Edition First Edition SD Binding Hardcover Publisher Viking Press Date Published Terms of Sale. Keeper of the Page. WELLS, H.G. The Croquet Player. London: Chatto Windus, Octavo, original patterned cloth, original dust jacket. First edition, inscribed by H.G. Wells on the half title to his close friend and advisor Richard Arman Gregory, "RAGs. from H.G." "A fantasy on the contrast between a barbarian 'presence' in the marshes and the narrator's. The Croquet Player by H.G. Wells. Light shelf wear to spine ends, edges and corners. Yellow/green jacket is edge worn, chipped and has small closed tears.

The Croquet Player by H.G. Wells left a tremendous impression upon England in the spirit. England dramatized in highly symbolic terms as Mr. George Frobisher, who was reared by his maiden aunt (who in turn may be identified as Britannia, the lady who rules the waves). The Croquet Player isn't a particularly well known novel by H.G. Wells, but it's a damn good one. Originally published in , it expresses a lot of apocalyptic anxiety that still permeates into our culture(s) today: "We have been multiplying memories, histories, traditions, we have filled ourselves with forebodings and plannings and apprehensions. "The Croquet Player" — Chatto Windus Edition, I. — THE CROQUET PLAYER INTRODUCES HIMSELF I have been talking to two very queer individuals and they have produced a peculiar disturbance of my mind.