A section deleted from this novel titled "The Grey Man" was originally added at the request of William Ernest Henley.
A section deleted from this novel titled "The Grey Man" was originally added at the request of William Ernest Henley. This book ends with the narrator missing his meeting with the publisher Richardson in order to wait half an hour for a character who never reappears. It opens at a gathering attended by Filby, the Doctor, and the Amateur Cadger, at which a man describes a visit to a beach with (*) blood-red sands and a population of menacing red crabs. This novella's protagonist accidentally sets a forest on fire, killing his diminutive companion Weena, though he is able to escape from the cave-dwelling Morlocks, who terrorize the peaceful Eloi. For 10 points, name this H.G. Wells novella whose protagonist uses the title device to visit the year 802,701 A.D.
A section deleted from this novel titled "The Grey Man" was originally added at the request of William Ernest Henley.
The Time Machine