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HG Wells The First Men in the Moon
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Penniless businessman Mr Bedford meets the brilliant Cavor, an absent-minded scientist with a dream. Read by Tim Pigott-Smith.

1901: Penniless businessman Mr Bedford meets the brilliant Cavor, a scientist on the brink of developing a material that can block gravity.

Together, they prepare to embark on an expedition to the Moon...

HG Wells鈥檚 novel first published in 1901.

Abridged in five parts by Neville Teller.

Read by Tim Pigott-Smith.

Producer: David Roper

A Heavy Entertainment production for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2009.

15 minutes

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