The Country of the Blind and Other Stories

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Or is he? In H. G. Wells'' acclaimed tale, a stranded mountaineer encounters an isolated society in which his apparent advantage proves less than valuable. This thought-provoking fable is accompanied by other short stories, including ''The Star,'' a gripping tale about a massive celestial object hurtling toward the Earth, as well as ''The New Accelerator,'' ''The Remarkable Case of Davidson''s Eyes,'' ''Under the Knife,'', ''The Queer Story of Brownlow''s Newspaper'' and many more.