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Fiction · 1901

The First Men in the Moon

H. G. Wells

Reading time
about 5 h
Length
68,525 words · 170 pages in print
Structure
26 chapters
Language
English
Era
Edwardian

The First Men in the Moon, first published in 1901, has been pulled into the Bibliomancer archive: the complete text, machine-cleaned and carefully typeset, free to read online and available in print. Its editorial introduction is still being prepared.

Contents

  1. I — Mr. Bedford Meets Mr. Cavor at Lympne
  2. II — The First Making of Cavorite
  3. III — The Building of the sphere
  4. IV — Inside the Sphere
  5. V — The Journey to the Moon
  6. VI — The Landing on the Moon
  7. VII — Sunrise on the Moon
  8. VIII — A Lunar Morning
  9. IX — Prospecting Begins
  10. X — Lost Men in the Moon
  11. XI — The Mooncalf Pastures
  12. XII — The Selenite’s Face
  13. XIII — Mr. Cavor Makes Some Suggestions
  14. XIV — Experiments in intercourse
  15. XV — The Giddy Bridge
  16. XVI — Points of View
  17. XVII — The Fight in the Cave of the Moon Butchers
  18. XVIII — In the Sunlight
  19. XIX — Mr. Bedford Alone
  20. XX — Mr. Bedford in Infinite Space
  21. XXI — Mr. Bedford at Littlestone
  22. XXII — The Astonishing Communication of Mr. Julius Wendigee
  23. XXIII — An Abstract of the Six Messages First Received from Mr. Cavor
  24. XXIV — The Natural History of the Selenites
  25. XXV — The Grand Lunar
  26. XXVI — The Last Message Cavor sent to the Earth

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H. G. Wells

1866–1946 · Modern

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