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Man Who Could Work Miracles

H. G. Wells

First published 1936
Type Short Fiction

Notes


This is a novelization of the film which was based on his original short story. (Source unknown. This may be a screen adaptation by Wells. It may be an expansion of the short story as a film treatment.)

The original short story was published summer 1898 in the weekly Illustrated London News as "The Man Who Could Work Miracles: A Pantoum in Prose" (see).

According to the Wikipedia film article (above), The Man Who Could Work Miracles (with the original 'The') is "a black-and-white 1937 British fantasy-comedy film". It cites an exceptionally negative review by Graham Greene as published 1936-09-04 in The Spectator and a review by Frank S. Nugent published in New York 1937-02-22.

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Publications (4)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1936 Man Who Could Work Miracles: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in His Short Story "Man Who Could Work Miracles" Cresset Press Chapbook
March 1936 Man Who Could Work Miracles The Macmillan Company Chapbook
1940 Two Film Stories: Things to Come / The Man Who Could Work Miracles Cresset Press Collection |2
April 2012 Man Who Could Work Miracles: A Critical Text of the 1936 New York First Edition, with an Introduction and Appendices McFarland & Company Chapbook