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Certain Personal Matters

by H. G. WELLS (1866 - 1946)

Of the Art of Staying at the Seaside

Although best known for his works of science fiction, social commentary and history, H.G. Wells here gives us humorous and light-hearted pieces on a wide variety of intriguing topics from chess to death. Each essay is a gem of wit and delight. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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Listen next episodes of Certain Personal Matters:
Bagarrow , Concerning Chess , From an Observatory , How I Died , The Amateur Nature-Lover , The Book of Essays Dedicatory , The Coal-Scuttle , The Mode in Monuments , The Pleasure of Quarrelling , Through a Microscope