Man who could work miracles : a critical text of the 1936 New York first edition, with an introduction and appendices / H.G. Wells ; edited by Leon Stover.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.

Contributor:

Stover, Leon E.

Series:

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. Annotated H.G. Wells ; 8.

The annotated H.G. Wells ; 8

Language:

English

Physical Description:

ix, 142 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2003]

Summary:

Man Who Could Work Miracles is a film, ostensibly a comedy, that H.G. Wells (1866-1946) scripted late in life for London Film Productions. The present volume is a literary text of the scenario and dialogue published in advance of the movie's release in 1937. Wells himself says it is "a companion piece" to Things to Come, his deadly serious film done a year before. Both films were produced by Alexander Korda, who extended to Wells unprecedented control over them.

Contents:

1. The Text 1

2. Cosmic Vision 2

3. Sex and Politics 3

4. The Common Man 4

Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) 7

I. "The Man Who Could Work Miracles," (1898) / H.G. Wells 95

II. "A Vision of Judgment," (1899) / H.G. Wells 111

III. "Under the Knife," (1896) / H.G. Wells 117

IV. ["If I Were Dictator of the World"], (1931) / H. G. Wells 130.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-140) and index.

ISBN:

0786412372

OCLC:

50591203