Ebook {Epub PDF} Mr. Blettsworthy On Rampole Island by H.G. Wells

 · "Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island" is a novel by H. G. Wells. It tells the story of Arnold Blettsworthy who, after being betrayed by a business partner, is advised to go travelling in an attempt to recover from his severe disillusionment. The fifth in my recently begun H.G. Wells collection (and I don't even like science fiction!), Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island is apparently one of the author's lesser known novels and somewhat of a modified later version of his Doctor Moreau plot. The preface to the first edition (London: Ernest Benn Limited, ) reads "Being the Story of a Gentleman of Culture and Refinement who suffered /5(10). Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island. Title: Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island. Author: WELLS, H.G. [Herbert George]. Publication: London: Ernest Benn, First Impression. Light spotting to the front and rear boards; spine ends are pushed; minor bump to lower front board; faint foxing to textblock; Very Good+ The dustjacket is priced www.doorway.ru Rating: % positive.

Details about Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island by H.G. Wells. 1st edition See original listing. Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island by H.G. Wells. 1st edition: Condition: not specified " See below " Ended: 15 Aug, Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island. Title: Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island. Author: WELLS, H.G. [Herbert George]. Publication: London: Ernest Benn, First Impression. Light spotting to the front and rear boards; spine ends are pushed; minor bump to lower front board; faint foxing to textblock; Very Good+ The dustjacket is priced 7s. Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island is a novel by H. G. Wells. Plot summary. The protagonist of the novel, Arnold Blettsworthy, is the scion of a genteel family prominent "in the south and west of England." Blettsworthy's father, however, was an adventurer.

Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island is a novel by H. G. Wells. Plot summary [ edit ] The protagonist of the novel, Arnold Blettsworthy, is the scion of a genteel family prominent "in the south and west of England.". Rather than dying, Blettsworthy is captured by cannibals who, considering him to be a sacred lunatic, take him with them to Rampole Island. Blettsworthy wakes to find that he had been suffering a psychotic episode and that he is in reality in the care of a psychoanalyst. MR BLETTSWORTHY ON RAMPOLE ISLAND Introduction by Michael Sherborne The sea voyage that carries the traveller to a strange and challenging world is a time-honoured literary genre. Think of Shakespeare’s The Tempest or Homer’s Odyssey. On rare occasions it.