The Cone is a short story by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895 in Unicorn. It was intended to be "the opening chapter of a sensational novel set in the Five Towns", later abandoned. The story is set at an ironworks in Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire. An artist is there to depict the industrial landscape; the manager of the ironworks discovers his affair with his wife, and takes him on a tour of the factory, where there are dangerous features.
Tales of Space and Time (Unabridged)
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An Englishman Looks at the World (Unabridged)
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The American Population (Unabridged)
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The Valley of Spiders (Unabridged)
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Thoughts on Cheapness and My Aunt Charlotte (Unabridged)
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The Flying Man (Unabridged)
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New Worlds for Old (Unabridged)
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The Jilting of Jane (Unabridged)
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The Normal Social Life (Unabridged)
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The Cone (Unabridged)
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The Purple Pileus (Unabridged)
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