A szerelem és Lewisham úr

About this book

"A szerelem és Lewisham úr" by H. G. Wells is a novel published in 1900. The story follows young Mr. Lewisham, an eighteen-year-old schoolteacher whose romantic involvement with Ethel Henderson costs him his position. Years later, studying science in London, he reconnects with her at a séance conducted by her charlatan stepfather. Their marriage forces Lewisham to abandon his dreams of a brilliant scientific and political career, trapping him in a life of quiet desperation that moved early readers to pity.