The Door in the Wall and Other Stories

Author:   H G Wells H G Wells
Publisher:   Createspace
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9781502884015


Pages:   110
Publication Date:   04 March 2015
Format:   Paperback
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The Door in the Wall and Other Stories


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[...]when one is young and joyful one can be glad in this world. And everything was beautiful there . . . . . Wallace mused before he went on telling me. You see, he said, with the doubtful inflection of a man who pauses at incredible things, there were two great panthers there . . . Yes, spotted panthers. And I was not afraid. There was a long wide path with marble-edged flower borders on either side, and these two huge velvety beasts were playing there with a ball. One looked up and came towards me, a little curious as it seemed. It came right up to me, rubbed its soft round ear very gently against the small hand I held out and purred. It was, I tell you, an enchanted garden. I know. And the size? Oh! it stretched far and wide, this way and that. I believe there were hills far away. Heaven knows where West Kensington had suddenly got to. And somehow it was just like coming home. You know, in the very moment the door swung to behind me, I forgot the road with its fallen chestnut leaves, its cabs and tradesmen's carts, I forgot the sort of gravitational pull back to the discipline and obedience of home, I forgot all hesitations and fear, forgot discretion, forgot all the intimate realities of this life. I became in a moment a very glad and wonder-happy little boy-in another world. [...].

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Author:   H G Wells H G Wells
Publisher:   Createspace
Imprint:   Createspace
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.159kg
ISBN:  

9781502884015


ISBN 10:   1502884011
Pages:   110
Publication Date:   04 March 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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