The Undying Fire: A contemporary novel
by H. G. Wells
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About This Book
The Undying Fire, a 1919 novel by H. G. Wells, is a modern retelling of the story of Job. Like the Book of Job, it consists of a prologue in heaven, an exchange of speeches with four visitors, a dialogue between the protagonist and God, and an epilogue in which the protagonist's fortunes are restored. Wells believed that The Undying Fire contained some of his best writing. While some friends agreed, reviewers and critics have been less generous. One of Wells's biographers groused that the novel is "a parade of ideas leading to a predetermined that the one true god is the yearning for the ideal...
Chapters (258)
- THE UNDYING FIRE A CONTEMPORARY NOVEL
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER THE FIRST THE PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN
- § 1
- § 2
- § 3
- § 4
- § 5
- CHAPTER THE SECOND AT SEA VIEW, SUNDERING-ON-SEA
- § 1
- § 2
- § 3
- CHAPTER THE THIRD THE THREE VISITORS
- § 1
- § 2
- § 3
- § 4
- § 5
- § 6
- § 7
- § 8
- § 9
- § 10
- CHAPTER THE FOURTH DO WE TRULY DIE?
- § 1
- § 2
- § 3
- § 4
- CHAPTER THE FIFTH ELIHU REPROVES JOB
- § 1
- § 2
- § 3
- § 4
- § 5
- § 6
- § 7
- CHAPTER THE SIXTH THE OPERATION
- § 1
- CHAPTER THE SEVENTH LETTERS AND A TELEGRAM
- § 1
- § 2
- § 3
- § 4
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