The Croquet Player by H. G. Wells This allegorical satire about a man fleeing from his evil dreams was written under the influence of the Spanish Civil War. The croquet player, comfortably sipping a vermouth, listens to the strange and terrible tale of the haunted countryside. Wells' modern ghost story of a remote English Village, Cainsmarsh. Dark events are plaguing its people. A terrified farmer murders a scarecrow. Family pets are being bludgeoned to death. Loving couples are turning on each other in vicious rage. People ...
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The Croquet Player by H. G. Wells This allegorical satire about a man fleeing from his evil dreams was written under the influence of the Spanish Civil War. The croquet player, comfortably sipping a vermouth, listens to the strange and terrible tale of the haunted countryside. Wells' modern ghost story of a remote English Village, Cainsmarsh. Dark events are plaguing its people. A terrified farmer murders a scarecrow. Family pets are being bludgeoned to death. Loving couples are turning on each other in vicious rage. People are becoming suspicious of every move each other makes. Children are coming to school with marks on them. One observer thinks there's evil underground scattered all over the marsh, invading villagers' minds, and it's spreading. A well bred, affable & somewhat effeminate croquet player is told the strange story of Cainsmarsh and it's impending doom as if its plight was the beginning of the end of civilization. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
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Published in 1937, Wells had a vision of the world slipping into insanity. This short and well written book describes the insanity as a fog of evil and terror arising from race memory harking back to prehistoric times. Shall we fight this evil? Or shall we go on our merry way? The ambiguous ending offers the reader both and neither -- with just the slightest hint that perhaps the only sane thing to do is acknowledge evil and then quietly walk away. With the Spanish civil war in full swing and WWII just a couple of years off, readers have to wonder: what was H. G. Wells thinking?
