H G Wells

Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland Annotated H G Wells

Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland" is a short story by H. G. Wells, first published in The Strand Magazine in 1901; it was subsequently reprinted in Twelve Stories and a Dream (1903). The story concerns a young man who falls asleep one midsummer's night and wakes to find himself in Fairyland. Although now considered to be one of Wells's lesser works, it was widely read and highly regarded at the time of its publication.