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브리틀링 씨는 끝까지 버틴다 줄거리

저자 H. G. 웰스

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An American visitor crashes into an Essex hedge, and a gentle English summer starts sliding toward war.

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최초 출간: 1916by H. G. 웰스

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브리틀링 씨는 끝까지 버틴다 in short

Mr. Britling Sees It Through is the story of a talkative man whose comfortable world is taken apart by a war he declared impossible. It begins as a comedy of manners, with an American visitor, a car in a hedge and a house of clever, kind people.

What 브리틀링 씨는 끝까지 버틴다 is about

Imagine stepping off a train in the Essex countryside in June 1914 and being driven home by a host who cannot steer. Within the hour, Mr. Direck, an American come to invite an English writer to lecture in Massachusetts, is sitting in a hedge, listening to his host apologize and whistle.

H. G. Wells wrote Mr. Britling Sees It Through while the First World War was still being fought. He follows one English family from the last easy summer through the first year and a half of fighting. Mr. Britling is a talkative, generous essayist with an opinion on everything. You get comedy first, then dread, then grief you can feel.

이런 분께 적합해요. Readers who love domestic comedy, English village life and clever conversation will enjoy this novel. It also suits anyone curious about ordinary families, fathers, sons and neighbours living through the First World War.

The story in 10 parts

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A visiting American finds an England he imagined
Mr. Direck arrives in England for the first time and loves everything that differs from home. He is the secretary of a Massachusetts society that invites thinkers to lecture, and he has come to Matching's Easy to make that offer to Mr. Britling. He also hopes to forget a girl named Mamie Nelson, who has just refused him.
The train journey feels like travelling through a book. Little fields, dog roses and thatched cottages slide past the window. Mr. Britling meets him on the platform in a baggy blue blazer and bright woven slippers. He is small, bristling and eager, like a friendly terrier, and not one of Mr. Direck's polite opening remarks survives his speed.
In the garden, Mr. Direck points at the old barn, which now holds a pianola and a dance floor, and at the farmyard, which holds no cows. England, he says, looks more like Old England than anyone could believe, yet is less like it than anyone could imagine. A country can keep its outward shape while its purpose quietly changes. An England that looks unchanged may already be hollow.
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Mr. Britling drives badly and talks without pause
Mr. Britling has just bought a cheap American car with an electric starter, and he cannot drive it.
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The Dower House holds a happy, puzzling household
Lunch under the sycamores puzzles Mr. Direck.
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A weekend at Claverings shows a careless ruling class
Mr. Britling takes Mr. Direck to tea at Claverings, the great house of Lady Homartyn.
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A smashed car sends Mr. Britling into the night
On Monday Mr. Britling drives Mr. Direck toward Market Saffron to look for the American's ancestors.
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A summer drifts toward war while England looks away
Wells tells how July 1914 passed.
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War arrives as panic, speeches and hope
On the August Bank Holiday, Mr. Britling walks through the Claverings flower show reading headlines of invasion beside the carousels.
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The war moves into the house, one person at a time
Mr. Britling tries to enlist and is told he is too old.
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Hatred and horror press on a hopeful mind
Mr. Britling resists the idea that Germans truly hate.
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Hugh's letters show the war through young eyes
Hugh writes to his father from training and later from France, in a style that mixes jokes, sketches and sharp argument.
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Characters, plot and themes

Main characters

Mr. Britling A talkative, kindly essayist at Matching's Easy who wants to understand and improve the world, yet keeps avoiding what troubles him at home.
Mrs. Britling His quiet, capable second wife, who runs the household and hides her feelings behind steady dignity.
Mr. Direck A pleasant American secretary who comes to book a lecture and stays to win Cissie.
Cissie Corner A quick, honest young woman who wants her life to count for something real.
Hugh Mr. Britling's thoughtful elder son, who wavers between science and drawing and wants to do the right thing.
Herr Heinrich A gentle German tutor and student of languages who longs for a world with one tongue.
Teddy The cheerful secretary who trusts the universe, and who is married to Cissie's sister Letty.

How it ends (spoiler)

Hugh is killed in the trenches, shot through the eye. Mr. Britling grieves, and Mrs. Britling at last comforts him. Teddy returns, escaped from Belgium and missing a hand, and Mr. Direck appears in a Canadian uniform. Mr. Britling comes to believe in a finite God who struggles beside humanity. He learns that Herr Heinrich died as a prisoner, and he writes through the night to the young man's parents, pledging himself to the work of peace.

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What is Mr. Britling Sees It Through about?

It follows an English essayist, his family and their guests in the Essex village of Matching's Easy, from a carefree summer in 1914 through the first year and a half of the First World War, and shows how the war enters ordinary lives.

Is Mr. Britling Sees It Through a true story?

It is a novel, written by H. G. Wells while the First World War was still being fought. The people are invented, but the background events, such as the Sarajevo murders, the invasion of Belgium and Zeppelin raids, are real history.

Who is Mr. Direck in the novel?

Mr. Direck is a pleasant American from Massachusetts who visits England in 1914 to invite Mr. Britling to lecture. His fresh, comic view of English life opens the book, and his love for Cissie Corner and his views on neutrality give him a story of his own.

Is Mr. Britling Sees It Through easy to read?

Wells writes in a lively, conversational voice, with short scenes, funny dialogue, letters and newspaper headlines. The household is easy to like, and the story moves from village comedy into wartime in clear steps that most readers can follow.

What is the main message of Mr. Britling Sees It Through?

Wells suggests that private comfort cannot be separated from public events. A thoughtful person must face what war does to ordinary families, and must turn grief and argument toward building a wiser, more shared world.

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Wells, H. G. Mr. Britling Sees It Through. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/mr-britling-sees-it-through.

Wells, H. G. (2026). Mr. Britling sees it through. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/mr-britling-sees-it-through (Original work published 1916)

Wells, H. G. Mr. Britling Sees It Through. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/mr-britling-sees-it-through.

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  author = {Wells, H. G.},
  title = {Mr. Britling Sees It Through},
  publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
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  note = {First published 1916}
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