The Works of H. G. Wells (Atlantic Edition)/In the Days of the Comet

by H. G. Wells

 

IN THE DAYS OF THE COMET

 

 

"The World's Great Age begins anew,
The Golden Years return,
The Earth doth like a Snake renew
Her Winter Skin outworn:
Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam
Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream."

CONTENTS

 

1. PROLOGUE

2. The Man Who Wrote in the Tower ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   3

3.  

   BOOK THE FIRST

4. THE COMET

5. Chapter the First

6. Dust in the Shadows ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   9

7. Chapter the Second

8. Nettie ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   45

9. Chapter the Third

10. The Revolver ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    76

11. Chapter the Fourth

12. War ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    130

13. Chapter the Fifth

14. The Pursuit of the Two Lovers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    157

15.  

    BOOK THE SECOND

16. THE GREEN VAPORS

17. Chapter the First

18. The Change ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    189

19. Chapter the Second

20. The Awakening ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    215

21. The Cabinet Council ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    237

22.  

    BOOK THE THIRD

23. THE NEW WORLD

24. PAGE

25. Chapter the First

26. Love After the Change ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    257

27. Chapter the Second

28. My Mother's Last Days ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    285

29. Chapter the Third

30. Beltane and New Year's Eve ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    300

31.  

    THE EPILOGUE

32. The Window of the Tower ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    317