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A Slip Under the Microscope

By H. G. Wells
Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
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A Slip Under the Microscope by H. G. Wells explores the ethical dilemmas faced by a science student named Hill. The story delves into his internal conflict and moral quandary when he accidentally cheats during an exam, leading to consequences that probe the interplay between academic integrity, personal conscience, and ambition. This piece is both a study of character and a reflection on the pressures of academia.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the complexities of scientific pursuits intertwined with human emotion and academic pressure. This tale offers an intriguing exploration of morality, ambition, and the consequences of one's choices within a stimulating intellectual setting.

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A Slip Under the Microscope

Takes us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. This title features stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

Disturbing, prescient stories of human conscience and conflicting desires by the pioneer of science fiction.

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Little Black Classics - the new series to celebrate Penguin's 80th anniversary.

I will go in, out of this dust and heat, out of this dry glitter of vanity, out of these toilsome futilities. I will go and never return.

Three disturbing, mysterious and moving stories from Wells, science-fiction pioneer.

Introducing Little Black Classics- 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

Series: Penguin Little Black Classics

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141398754

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 February 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 5.0mm

Width: 111.0mm

Height: 161.0mm

Weight: 53g

Pages: 64

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Fiction General Fiction H.G. Wells Penguin Books Penguin Classics Sci-Fi & Fantasy Science Fiction Series: Penguin Little Black Classics

About the Author

H.G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist who published more than a hundred books, including pioneering science fiction novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. He was a founding member of numerous movements including Liberty and PEN International - the world's oldest human rights organization - and his Rights of Man laid the groundwork for the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Wells' controversial and progressive views on equality and the shape of a truly developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He was, in Bertrand Russell's words, 'an important liberator of thought and action'.

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