H. G. Wells 
Tales of the Unexpected (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 

      Published in 1922, Tales of the Unexpected gathers fifteen tales, including such classic stories as “The New Accelerator, ” in which a newly discovered elixir that enables individuals to move rapidly through time turns out to be both a blessing and a curse and “A Dream of Armageddon, ” a futuristic, anti-war tale of a man torn between his love for a woman and the political life he wants to abandon. Also included are “The Door in the Wall, ” “The Man Who Could Work Miracles, ” and “The Moth, ” among others.

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