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H. G. Wells

The Country of the Blind — H. G. Wells

The Country of the Blind — H. G. Wells

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دفع آمن · تنزيل فوري بعد إتمام الطلب · لا حاجة لإنشاء حساب
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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 the world of men, the Country of the Blind. Long years ago that valley lay so far open to the world that men might come at last through frightful gorges and over an icy pass into its equable meadows; and thither indeed men came, a family or so of Peruvian half-breeds fleeing from the lust and tyranny of an evil Spanish ruler. Then came the stupendous outbreak of Mindobamba, when it was night in Quito for seventeen days, and the water was boiling at Yaguachi and all the fish floating dying even as far as Guayaquil; everywhere along the Pacific slopes there were land-slips and swift thawings and sudden floods, and one whole side of the old Arauca crest slipped and came down in thunder, and cut off the Country of the Blind for ever from the exploring feet of men.

In the Country of the Blind, the one-eyed man believes he will be king.

Lost beyond the Ecuadorian Andes, mountaineer Nuñez discovers a hidden valley whose people have lived without sight for generations. Certain that vision makes him superior, he tries to rule them—only to find that an entire society may define reality differently. H. G. Wells turns an unforgettable adventure into a sharp philosophical fable about perception, power, and belonging.

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“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 the world of men, the Country of the Blind.”

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Text: Project Gutenberg eBook #11870. Audio: LibriVox, read by Peter Yearsley. Both are public domain in the United States. The source edition contains no genuine interior illustrations.

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