One summer a mermaid is pulled from the sea at Folkestone and installed, tail wrapped in a rug, with a respectable family. Journalists swarm, society gossips, and the Sea Lady turns her attention to Harry Chatteris, a rising Liberal engaged to a thoroughly sensible young woman, offering him dreams in place of duty.
A light, wistful comedy from Wells’s most inventive period, poking fun at Edwardian convention. Download the free EPUB.