WELLS, H.G.
Brynhild.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd , 1937.
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First Edition of H.G. Wells' Brynhild; From the Library of Christopher Priest
First edition of Wells’ early dramatic work, marking one of his earliest experiments in literary form prior to his major novels. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “Dream Archipelago” series, and The Prestige (1995), which was adapted into the 2006 Academy Award nominee film of the same name by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, and Michael Caine. Very good in a good dust jacket with wear top edge of the jacket.
Brynhild; or, The Show of Things (1889) by H. G. Wells is an early dramatic work that reflects the author’s initial engagement with themes of social performance, idealism, and disillusionment. Written before Wells achieved prominence as a novelist, the play exhibits his emerging interest in the tension between romantic aspiration and practical reality, a concern that would later shape his fiction and social thought. Though less studied than his scientific romances and social novels, Brynhild offers insight into Wells’ formative intellectual development and his experimentation with genre and form at the outset of his literary career.
Brynhild.
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