After a prologue in Heaven, the story of Job is set in modern England. Job Huss, headmaster of a great school, has a son missing in the war, faces ruin and may be dying. At a seaside lodging his visitors urge him to give way, and he answers with a fierce defence of education and of the undying fire in man.
A novel of ideas from 1919, Wells at his most searching. Download the free EPUB.