A Story of the Days to Come cover art

A Story of the Days to Come

Preview

£0.00 for first 30 days

Try for £0.00
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

A Story of the Days to Come

By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Peter Walters
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £7.99

Buy Now for £7.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

"A Story of the Days To Come" is a novella by H. G. Wells comprising five chapters that was first published in the June to October 1899 issues of The Pall Mall Magazine. It was later included in an 1899 collection of Wells's short stories, Tales of Space and Time. The novella depicts two lovers in a dystopian future London of the 22nd century and explores the implications of excessive urbanisation, class warfare, and advances in the technology of medicine, communication, transportation, and agriculture. Like When the Sleeper Wakes, published in the same year, the novella extrapolates the trends Wells observed in 19th-century Victorian London two hundred years into the future. The London of the early 22nd century has a population of over 30 million, with the lower classes living in subterranean dwellings, and the middle and upper classes living in skyscrapers and largely communal accommodations. Moving walkways interconnect the city, with fast air-travel and superhighways available between cities. The countryside is largely abandoned.

©2020 Bookstream GmbH (P)2020 Bookstream GmbH
Literary Fiction Fiction England City
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Door in the Wall [Classic Tales Edition] cover art
Men Like Gods cover art
H.G. Wells Fiction Collection cover art
The Secrets of Doctor Taverner cover art
The Black Bell Buoy cover art
The Blithedale Romance cover art
All Hallows' Eve cover art
Classic Tales of the Paranormal cover art
All Souls' Night cover art
The Damned & Other Stories of the Macabre cover art
The Magic Mountain cover art
The Place of the Lion cover art
Descent into Hell cover art
Justine cover art
The Ultimate Ghost Stories Collection: Novels and Stories from Edgar Allan Poe, M.R. James, Charles Dickens, Henry James, and More cover art
The Ultimate Gothic Horror Collection: Novels and Stories from Edgar Allan Poe; Bram Stoker, Henry James, Mary Shelley, Oscar Wilde; and More cover art

What listeners say about A Story of the Days to Come

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.