In the days of the comet

By H. G. Wells

Subjects: Fiction, political, London (england), fiction, Science fiction, Classic Literature, Fiction, Utopias, Comets, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, historical, general, Fiction in English, Fiction, science fiction, general, Collisions with Earth

Description: H. G. Wells, in his 1906 In the Days of the Comet uses the vapors of a comet to trigger a deep and lasting change in humanity's perspective on themselves and the world. In the build-up to a great war, poor student William Leadford struggles against the harsh conditions the lower-class live under. He also falls in love with a middle-class girl named Nettie. But when he discovers that Nettie has eloped with a man of upper-class standing, William struggles with the betrayal, and in the disorder of his own mind decides to buy a revolver and kill them both. All through this a large comet lights the night sky with a green glow, bright enough that the street lamps are left unlit.