The Door in the Wall and Other Stories

About this book

A man discovers a doorway in a wall and spends the rest of his life wondering whether he should have entered it again. Another story asks what happens when a startling invention makes privacy impossible.

H. G. Wells uses the fantastic to expose longing, vanity and the dangers hidden in technological progress. His stories often begin with a plausible London street or conversation, then open onto a problem that no ordinary decision can solve. The title story is especially haunting in its treatment of a lost childhood paradise.