The Hopkins Manuscript: A Novel - Softcover

Sherriff, R.C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1668003945 ISBN 13: 9781668003947

Publisher: Scribner, 2023

Synopsis

A stunning speculative novel about a small English village preparing of the end of the world.

Edgar Hopkins is a retired math teacher with a strong sense of self-importance, whose greatest pride is winning poultry-breeding contests. When not meticulously caring for his Bantam, Edgar is an active member of the British Lunar Society. Thanks to that affiliation, Edgar becomes one of the first people to learn that the moon is on a collision course with the earth.

Members of the society are sworn to secrecy, but eventually the moon begins to loom so large in the sky that the truth can no longer be denied. During these final days, Edgar writes what he calls “The Hopkins Manuscript”—a testimony juxtaposing the ordinary and extraordinary as the villagers dig trenches and play cricket before the end of days.

First published in 1939, as the world was teetering on the brink of global war, R.C. Sherriff’s classic science fiction novel is a timely and powerful missive from the past that captures human nature in all its complexity.

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About the Author

R.C. Sherriffwas born in 1896. He worked in an insurance office until he joined the East Surrey regiment early in World War I. In 1917, he was severely wounded at Ypres.Journeys End, based on his letters home from the trenches, was an enormous success and became a classic. In the 1930s, Sherriff went to Hollywood to write the script forThe Invisible Man, and subsequently worked on the script forMrs. Miniver, Goodbye Mr. Chips, and many other successful films. He wrote several novels, includingThe Fortnight in September, Greengates, andThe Hopkins Manuscriptbefore his death in 1975.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1668003945
• ISBN 13: 9781668003947
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400