Mr. Britling Sees It Through
First US edition | |
| Author | H. G. Wells |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Cassell (UK) Macmillan (US) |
Publication date | September 1916 |
| Publication place | England |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 443 |
Mr. Britling Sees It Through is H. G. Wells's "masterpiece of the wartime experience in south eastern England." The novel was published in September 1916.
Mr. Britling Sees It Through was one of the most popular novels in the United Kingdom and Australia during World War I. Wells's American publisher paid £20,000 for it. Maxim Gorky called the novel "the finest, most courageous, truthful, and humane book written in Europe in the course of this accursed war . . at a time of universal barbarism and cruelty, your book is an important and truly humane work."