Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump;
"Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump" by H. G. Wells is a work of literary satire published in 1915. Wells initially denied authorship, claiming the book was written by fictional character Reginald Bliss. The work explores whether humanity possesses a collective consciousness while simultaneously mocking literary figures—most notably Henry James—and even Wells's own cherished ideas. Through philosophical debates, pastiches, and concluding symbolic
tales, Wells questions the nature of literature itself, blending serious inquiry with irreverent humor in what he called his "most frank and intimate book." (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 |
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| LoC No. | 23003024 |
| Title |
Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boon_(novel) |
| Credits |
Produced by Malcolm Farmer, Barbara Tozier, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 69.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Satire |
| Subject | English fiction -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 34962 |
| Release Date | Jan 15, 2011 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 7, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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