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The Undying Fire - cover

The Undying Fire

H. G. Wells

Publisher: Good Press

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Summary

'The Undying Fire'  is a modern retelling of the Book of Job, written by H. G. Wells. The protagonist of The Undying Fire is Job Huss, a schoolmaster who has fallen on evil days. The public school at Woldingstanton in Norfolk that he has reformed has been struck by a measles epidemic, an explosion in the chemistry lab that has killed an instructor, and a fire that has killed two students. The day after the fire Huss's solicitor has committed suicide after losing his savings in speculation on the Russian ruble. Huss has suffered a partial breakdown, but while he is recuperating in the company of his wife at the fictional seaside town of Sundering-on-Sea they have learned that their only son has been "shot down over the German lines." And he has been diagnosed with cancer.
Available since: 11/09/2021.
Print length: 113 pages.

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