The Croquet Player is a novel written by H.G. Wells. The story follows the life of a man named Edward Prendick, who becomes a croquet player after a series of unfortunate events in his life. Prendick is a man who has lost everything and is searching for a new purpose in life. He discovers croquet and becomes obsessed with the game, dedicating all his time and energy to it. Along the way, he meets a variety of interesting characters, including a wealthy woman who becomes his patron and a mysterious man who seems to have a ...
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The Croquet Player is a novel written by H.G. Wells. The story follows the life of a man named Edward Prendick, who becomes a croquet player after a series of unfortunate events in his life. Prendick is a man who has lost everything and is searching for a new purpose in life. He discovers croquet and becomes obsessed with the game, dedicating all his time and energy to it. Along the way, he meets a variety of interesting characters, including a wealthy woman who becomes his patron and a mysterious man who seems to have a dark secret. As Prendick becomes more and more involved in the world of croquet, he begins to question whether he has truly found the fulfillment he was seeking or if he has simply replaced one obsession with another. The Croquet Player is a thought-provoking exploration of human nature, ambition, and the pursuit of happiness.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Published in 1937, Wells had a vision of the world slipping into insanity. This short and well written book describes the insanity as a fog of evil and terror arising from race memory harking back to prehistoric times. Shall we fight this evil? Or shall we go on our merry way? The ambiguous ending offers the reader both and neither -- with just the slightest hint that perhaps the only sane thing to do is acknowledge evil and then quietly walk away. With the Spanish civil war in full swing and WWII just a couple of years off, readers have to wonder: what was H. G. Wells thinking?
