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The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells: The Late Mr Elvesham (2016)
Episode 1, Season 1
A Truly Horrendous Adaptation of a Classic Wells Short Story
4 October 2020 - 0 out of 1 users found this review helpful.
This adaptation has taken so many liberties with the classic Wells short story that it is truly sinful to attach the great author's name to this monstrosity. The gist of the story remains: Edward George Eden, a medical student with the vestiges of his small inheritance shrinking, encounters a strange old man who proposes to make him his heir. The basic plot is one that has been used many times subsequently in both literature and film, and there are some obvious clues as to where the story is heading. The crafting of the original late Victorian gem of a short story is superb.Skip this series, just read Wells's original stories. Screen adaptations cannot improve upon them.
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