Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island 1928
H.G. Wells
356 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0766169774
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Language: English
Publish: July 26, 2003
The story of a gentleman of culture & refinement who suffered shipwreck & saw no human beings other than cruel & savage cannibals for several years. How he beheld Megatheria alive & made some notes of their habits. How he became a sacred lunatic. How he did at last escape in a strange manner from the horror & barbarities of Rampole Island in time to fight in the Great War. How afterwards he came near returning to that Island forever. With much amusing & edifying matter concerning manners, customs, beliefs, warfare, crime & a storm at sea. Concluding with some reflections upon life in general & upon there present times in particular.