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The Wonderful Visit
Capítulos (54)
- Dedication 0:00
- I: The Night of the Strange Bird 0:06
- II: The Coming of the Strange Bird 2:26
- III: The Hunting of the Strange Bird 6:50
- IV: The Hunting of the Strange Bird (Continued) 10:05
- V: The Hunting of the Strange Bird (Continued) 12:23
- VI: The Vicar and the Angel 16:59
- VII: The Vicar and the Angel (Continued) 29:14
- VIII: The Vicar and the Angel (Continued) 32:48
- IX: Parenthesis on Angels 37:03
- X: At the Vicarage 40:10
- XI: At the Vicarage (Continued) 44:19
- XII: At the Vicarage (Continued) 47:20
- XIII: The Man of Science 52:08
- XIV: The Man of Science (Continued) 57:32
- XV: The Curate 1:04:04
- XVI: The Curate (Continued) 1:09:31
- XVII: The Curate (Continued) 1:16:11
- XVIII: After Dinner 1:20:35
- XIX: After Dinner (Continued) 1:32:19
- XX: After Dinner (Continued) 1:34:31
- XXI: After Dinner (Continued) 1:39:01
- XXII: Morning 1:43:29
- XXIII: The Violin 1:47:12
- XXIV: The Angel Explores the Village 1:52:31
- XXV: The Angel Explores the Village (Continued) 1:59:28
- XXVI: The Angel Explores the Village (Continued) 2:01:53
- XXVII: The Angel Explores the Village (Continued) 2:09:59
- XXVIII: Lady Hammergallow’s View 2:15:32
- XXIX: Further Adventures of the Angel in the Village 2:24:20
- XXX: Further Adventures of the Angel in the Village (Continued) 2:30:44
- XXXI: Mrs. Jehoram’s Breadth of View 2:38:34
- XXXII: A Trivial Incident 2:44:25
- XXXIII: The Warp and the Woof of Things 2:46:01
- XXXIV: The Angel’s Debut 2:49:53
- XXXV: The Angel’s Debut (Continued) 3:10:55
- XXXVI: The Angel’s Debut (Continued) 3:14:52
- XXXVII: The Angel’s Debut (Continued) 3:16:01
- XXXVIII: The Trouble of the Barbed Wire 3:19:11
- XXXIX: The Trouble of the Barbed Wire (Continued) 3:25:28
- XL: Delia 3:29:09
- XLI: Doctor Crump Acts 3:34:10
- XLII: Sir John Gotch Acts 3:44:08
- XLIII: The Sea Cliff 3:49:08
- XLIV: Mrs. Hinijer Acts 3:52:59
- XLV: The Angel in Trouble 3:57:15
- XLVI: The Angel in Trouble (Continued) 4:00:55
- XLVII: The Last Day of the Visit 4:05:00
- XLVIII: The Last Day of the Visit (Continued) 4:10:58
- XLIX: The Last Day of the Visit (Continued) 4:16:57
- L: The Last Day of the Visit (Continued) 4:18:04
- LI: The Last Day of the Visit (Continued) 4:21:18
- LII: The Last Day of the Visit (Continued) 4:24:11
- LIII: The Epilogue 4:25:53
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The Wonderful Visit is an early work by H. G. Wells, published in the same year as The Time Machine. It takes a gentle, semi-comic approach to some of Wells’ social concerns by using the device of an angel fallen into our world from the Land of Dreams. This external observer, largely ignorant of the ways of humans and our society, is able to focus an unbiased eye on our failings.
The story opens with a strange glare over the little village of Sidderford one night, observed by only a few. But then reports arise of a Strange Bird being seen in the woods. The Rev. Hilyer, the Vicar of Sidderford, is a keen ornithologist. He takes his gun and goes out to hunt this unusual specimen for his collection. He does indeed see a strange flying creature, shoots at it, and brings it down. To his horror, he finds that he has shot and wounded a man-like creature with wings—in fact, an Angel.
The Vicar restores the Angel to health, but finds himself incapable of convincing others that this person really is an angel. The continuing clashes of the Angel’s idealistic points of view with the harsh reality of the human world are the core of this story.
The Wonderful Visit was well-received by critics and Wells’ contemporaries. Joseph Conrad praised it for its imaginative approach in a personal letter to Wells.