The Oculist: A story that delves into the phrase 'love is blind' in more ways than one
Written by Catherine Wells
Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick and Ghizela Rowe
()
About this audiobook
She was born Amy Catherine Robbins in 1872.
In about 1892 she was a student in a biology cramming class where the teacher was H G Wells. Though married he was quickly attracted to his student and within a short time they were living together in Woking, Surrey. He then divorced his first wife and married Catherine in October 1895 at St Pancras registery office.
In the early years they were poor to the point that they could not afford to start a family. When they did they had two children; Philip in 1901 and Frank two years later.
For much of her life she seemed to pursue other interests, being a mother, a gardener, running much of her husband’s business affairs and this seemed to leave little time for her own literary pursuits. She published little during her lifetime apart from a few poems and some short stories. Indeed her prodigiously talented husband even referred to her as ‘Jane’ and soon all around her did too, her writing life seemingly in another personality far, far away.
By the mid 20’s she was ill with cancer and succumbed to its advance in 1927.
Wells, although wayward and promiscuous during much of the marriage, now attempted to put his wife’s literary merits into book form and published ‘The Book of Catherine Wells’, a collection of short stories and poems.
More audiobooks from Catherine Wells
Short Stories About Mental Illness: A collection of stories about characters struggling with their mental health Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStories About Fear: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5May Afternoon: Forbidden love is abound in this early 20th century tale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCatherine Wells - A Short Story Collection: Wife of HG Wells whose work has sadly been underappreciated Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn a Walled Garden: A glimpse into the mind of a woman having doubts about her current marriage. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Oculist
Related audiobooks
Lucy, go see. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDanny Boy Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Dark Circle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAdam's Breed: A Novel–Digitally Narrated Using a Synthesized Voice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDominoes at the Crossroads: Short Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLove, Loosha: The Letters of Lucia Berlin and Kenward Elmslie Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhen Dogs Eat Mangoes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFabulous: Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Society of Others Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Tell the Octopus, and other Short Stories Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5In The Blood Of The Greeks Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Clearing: Poems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDamage Control: Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5No Kimchi for Me! Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ladies of the Rachmaninoff Eyes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSaul And Patsy: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHuman Resources: Poems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnder a Kabul Sky: Short Fiction by Afghan Women Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMother of All Pigs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Letters from Klara Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsQuinn Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGirlhood: Poetry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAnyhow Stories: Moral and otherwise Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWith Patience and Fortitude: A Memoir Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Last Words of Madeleine Anderson Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMobile Home: A Memoir in Essays Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Change Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLost Kites and Other Treasures Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Northern Soul Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOpen Heart Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Contemporary Women's For You
None of This is True: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Starts with Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Then She Was Gone: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wrong Place Wrong Time: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Measure: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Apothecary: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Regretting You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Missing Girls: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Sister's Keeper: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In Five Years: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Ends with Us Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Paris Apartment: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maybe in Another Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bright Young Women: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ugly Love Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The People We Keep Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House of Eve Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Confess Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Weyward: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Firefly Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Soulmate Equation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Lost Names Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Reminders of Him: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Third Mrs. Galway Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5November 9: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5GO AS A RIVER: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Winter Garden Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Dark Vanessa: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Oculist
0 ratings0 reviews