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The Research Magnificent
H. G. Wells
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It seemed to Benham for a moment as though Prothero had got to the bottom of the question, and then he perceived that he had only got to the bottom of himself. Benham was pacing the floor.
He turned at the open window, held out a long forefinger, and uttered his countervailing faith.
"Even if he is ridiculous, Prothero, a man may still be an aristocrat. A man may anyhow be as much of an aristocrat as he can be."
Prothero reflected. "No," he said, "it sounds all right, but it's wrong. I hate all these advantages and differences and distinctions. A man's a man. What you say sounds well, but it's the beginning of pretension, of pride—"
He stopped short.
"Better, pride than dishonour," said Benham, "better the pretentious life than the sordid life. What else is there?"
"A life isn't necessarily sordid because it isn't pretentious," s. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
For me it was just ok. A character in search of what to believe, but his philosophy doesn't make much sense. I didn't get anything out of this book. Maybe this highlights our need to have writings be internally consistent and conclusive (rather than, say, Plato's The Republic, which the character qu
A bit of a mystery, this one. The intellectual journey of a man trying to dedicate his life to the life of a true aristocrat - meaning with honor and without prejudice or jealousy. But he often can't see the proverbial forest for the trees and if I didn't know better, I'd think that Wells was advoca
1915 saw a blizzard of publications for Wells—the mediocre comedic romp Bealby: A Holiday, the pseudonymous collection of essays, parodies, and stories Boon, two pamphlets The War and Socialism and The Peace of the World, and this restless, patchwork novel. William Benham is a troubled rich kid who
An odd book in which a writer gets lost in research and writing while having commitment issues about women, and poorly regarding and using his very few friends. He fails to publish anything, his closest friend gets killed because he gets dragged into the writer’s travelling research, and on the writ
A rather interesting book this one. It revolves around a man (Benham) who finds himself coming into money and becoming an aristocrat. Trying to figure out what to do with his life, he marries, travels and, through travel appears to have a veil lifted from his eyes. He decides to dedicate his life to
Interesting premise about a young man who wants to live nobly. He inherits a lot of money so that he doesn't have to work. He wants to live the 'aristocratic' life which is not what most of us think of. He is not talking about being an elitist snob, but a magnanimous benevolent despot who could solv
This is an great book for anyone who has ever travelled. It's about a young man who has inherited a load of wealth such that he never needs to work and so decides to travel around the world to learn and improve himself so that he may benefit mankind n a philanthropic sort of way. A few dry patches b