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Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946), usually referred to as H. G. Wells, was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, satire, biography, and autobiography, including even... Read Full Overview

"Over the mountains I come," said Nunez, "out of the country beyond there--where men can see. From near Bogota, where there are a hundred thousands of people, and where the city passes out of sight."

plus de trois cents milles du Chimborazo, une centaine de milles des neiges du Cotopaxi, dans la r gion la plus d serte des Andes quatoriales, s' tend la myst rieuse vall e: le Pays des Aveugles.

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'Dwi'n gallu gweld, ' meddai

"I can see," he said

'Gweld?' meddai Correa

"to see?" said Correa

"Ydw, gallaf weld gyda fy llygaid," meddai Nunez

"Yes, I can see with my eyes," said Nunez

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"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."

One of Wells's best known short stories and features prominently in literature dealing with blindness.

While attempting to summit the unconquered crest of Parascotopetl, a fictitious... Read Full Overview

Three hundred miles and more from Chimborazo, one hundred from the snows of Cotopaxi, in the wildest wastes of Ecuador's Andes, there lies that mysterious mountain valley, cut off from all the world of men, the Country of the Blind.Long years ago that valley lay so far open to... Read Full Overview

The Country of the Blind is a short story by H. G. Wells. Herbert George "H. G." Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary... Read Full Overview

H.G. Wells est considerado como um dos principais propulsores do g nero liter rio da fic o-cient fica, por muitos autores e cr ticos considerado o pai da fic o cient fica a par de Jules Verne (J lio Verne). Mas Wells era um escritor diversificado e escreveu tamb m noutros... Read Full Overview

"The Country of the Blind" is a short story written H. G. Wells. It was first published in the April 1904 issue of The Strand Magazine and included in a 1911 collection of Wells's short stories, The Country of the Blind and Other Stories.

Three hundred miles and more from Chimborazo, one hundred from the snows of Cotopaxi, in the wildest wastes of Ecuador's Andes, there lies that mysterious mountain valley, cut off from all the world of men, the Country of the Blind. Long years ago that valley lay so far open... Read Full Overview

While attempting to climb the unconquered crest of Parascotopetl, a mountaineer named Nu ez slips and falls down the far side of the mountain. At the end of his descent, down a snow-slope in the mountain's shadow, he finds a valley, cut off from the rest of the world on all sides... Read Full Overview