Story summary

宇宙と時間の物語のあらすじ

著者： H・G・ウェルズ

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A clerk who argues against miracles in a pub makes a lamp hang upside down, and his night gets stranger.

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初版刊行年: 1899by H・G・ウェルズ

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宇宙と時間の物語 in short

Tales of Space and Time moves from a London shop to Mars, from a wandering star to the Stone Age, from a city of the twenty-second century to a pub in a country town. Each story hands an ordinary person something far too large to manage. A lonely shopkeeper guards a crystal that opens onto another planet.

What 宇宙と時間の物語 is about

What if a polished glass egg in a junk shop window could show you another world? In Tales of Space and Time, H. G. Wells gathers five stories, and each one takes a single wild idea and follows it as far as it will go. A crystal links a London shop to Mars. A strange star rushes in from the dark toward Earth. A hunter and a girl of the Stone Age run for their lives. A couple from the twenty-second century fall through the floors of an enormous city. A clerk in a country pub learns that his will can command the world.

Wells wrote these tales around 1899, after The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds. He sets huge events beside very small people, with dry humour and a steady sense of dread.

対象読者. This book is for readers who love big ideas told through small, lively people: fans of early science fiction, other planets, deep time and future cities.

The story in 10 parts

Key idea 1 · free to read
A shopkeeper hides the crystal he loves
The Crystal Egg opens in a grimy shop near Seven Dials, owned by Mr Cave, a dealer in antiquities. His window holds tusks, skulls, stuffed monkeys and one polished crystal shaped like an egg. A tall clergyman and a dark young man stop to admire it. Mr Cave, to everyone's surprise, does not want to sell.
He names a price of five pounds, far more than he meant to ask, and then he tries to wriggle out of the deal. His wife storms in and tells him to take the money. Then the crystal disappears from the window, and the family accuses one another. The egg is safe in the rooms of Mr Wace, a young hospital demonstrator.
One sleepless night Cave saw the crystal glowing in a thin ray of light. His wife and stepchildren treat him with spite, and the glow becomes the one private joy he owns.
The strangest treasure matters most to the person who has nothing else.
2
The egg opens onto a valley on Mars
Mr Wace is an inquisitive young scientist, and he does not simply believe Cave.
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A new star appears and the world watches
The Star begins with a dry scientific notice.
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4
One mathematician sees the danger clearly
A master mathematician sits in his private room and finishes his calculations.
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Ugh-lomi and Eudena flee the tribe's ruler
A Story of the Stone Age takes place fifty thousand years ago.
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Axe, bear, horse and a lion named Uya
A cave bear named Andoo sees the fire on the ledge and climbs down the cliff, talking to himself like a gentleman.
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Love, hypnosis and a flight to the empty hills
A Story of the Days to Come starts with Mr Morris, a very proper Victorian who cares nothing for the future.
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The city grinds its people down
Back in London, Denton and Elizabeth borrow too much and spend too freely.
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A clerk finds he can order the world about
The Man Who Could Work Miracles starts in a pub called the Long Dragon.
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What the five tales share and how they are told
The tales begin with familiar scenes: a junk shop, astronomical news, a riverbank camp, a Victorian household and a bar.
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Characters, plot and themes

Main characters

Mr Cave A frightened old dealer in antiquities near Seven Dials who hides a glowing crystal egg from his family and will not sell it.
Ugh-lomi A young Stone Age hunter who fights the tribe's ruler, invents the stone axe, and wants to keep Eudena safe.
Eudena A quick, brave girl of the tribe who flees with Ugh-lomi and learns to hunt, fight and stay alive beside him.
Uya the Cunning The old, strong ruler of the river tribe, who takes the best food and the women and hunts anyone who defies him.
Denton A young attendant at a flying stage in future London who loves Elizabeth and struggles to support her in a ruthless city.
Elizabeth Mwres A girl of eighteen who loves old romances and Denton, and who refuses to marry the man her father has picked.
George Fotheringay A clerk who denies miracles until he finds he can command the world by an act of will.
Mr Maydig An excitable minister who believes Fotheringay's gift is genuine and urges him to do more and more good.

How it ends (spoiler)

Mr Cave dies smiling with the crystal in his hands, and it is sold and remains undiscovered. The star sweeps past Earth, leaving ruin but not extinction, and the Martians see little damage. Ugh-lomi survives the lion and rules the tribe until he is killed in turn. Bindon, dying, leaves Elizabeth his fortune, and she and Denton rest on a balcony. Fotheringay stops the spinning earth, wrecks the world, and undoes it all, forgetting everything.

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『宇宙と時間の物語』についての質問

What is Tales of Space and Time about?

It is a collection of five stories by H. G. Wells. They include a crystal that views Mars, a star that approaches Earth, a Stone Age adventure, a tale of a future city and a clerk who can work miracles.

Which stories are in Tales of Space and Time?

The collection holds The Crystal Egg, The Star, A Story of the Stone Age, A Story of the Days to Come and The Man Who Could Work Miracles. Each has its own setting, characters and mood.

Is A Story of the Days to Come a love story?

Yes, it follows Denton and Elizabeth, who marry against her father's wishes in a huge future London. Their love is tested by poverty, work and a hostile city, and the story shows how they cope.

When did H. G. Wells write these stories?

The tales date from the 1890s and the collection was published around 1899. They belong to Wells's early period, when he wrote science fiction and comic fantasy built on scientific ideas.

Is Tales of Space and Time easy to read?

The prose is plain and lively, and each story is short enough to read in one sitting. Wells uses dialogue, jokes and vivid scenes, and the five tales differ so much that each feels fresh.

この版を引用します

Wells, H. G. Tales of Space and Time. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/tales-of-space-and-time.

Wells, H. G. (2026). Tales of space and time. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/tales-of-space-and-time (Original work published 1899)

Wells, H. G. Tales of Space and Time. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/tales-of-space-and-time.

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  title = {Tales of Space and Time},
  publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
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  note = {First published 1899}
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