Name: The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham
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Author: H. G. Wells

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WELLS, H. G.

The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham

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A poor medical student is offered everything: a fortune, a famous name, a future beyond anything his own poverty could promise him. All the old philosopher asks in return is…

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H. G. Wells The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham Overview A poor, ambitious medical student is approached by a famous elderly philosopher who wants to make him his heir — on the condition that he take the old man’s name. They dine together. There’s a strange powder in a liqueur, a mysterious packet to be opened later, and a very bad night. The narrator wakes up old, and finds, when he speaks, that “the voice was not my own.” That’s the pivot the whole story turns on, and Wells sells…

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Language:en

Shelved under:Fiction, Science Fiction

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