Project Gutenberg 2010-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 1025 Venable, Lyn Venable, Marilyn Venable, Lynn A. Time Enough at Last Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Time Enough at Last" by Lyn Venable is a short story originally published in the January 1953 issue of IF Worlds of Science Fiction. The narrative follows the theme of human desire and the ironic twists of fate, particularly focusing on one man's longing for solitude and time to indulge in reading. The story explores post-apocalyptic consequences where characters find their ambitions and desires confronted by the harsh realities of survival. The plot centers around Henry Bemis, a bespectacled bank teller with a strong yearning to read books, often thwarted by his demanding life and overbearing wife, Agnes. After a catastrophic event reduces the world to ruins, Henry emerges from the destruction to find himself in a desolate landscape, bereft of civilization and loved ones. Initially overwhelmed by sorrow for those lost, he soon discovers the remnants of a library, filled with books he has longed to read. In a moment of bittersweet triumph, Henry settles down to read, only to accidentally break his glasses, rendering him unable to see the text before him. This poignant twist emphasizes the irony of finally achieving his dream, only to have it slip through his fingers, underscoring the story's themes of longing, loss, and the futility of human desire in the face of overwhelming circumstance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32633/32633-h/images/cover.png en Science fiction Short stories Books and reading -- Fiction Nuclear warfare -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 41135 41225 2024-10-14T04:08:50.642612 2023-09-14T09:01:57.201993 text/html text/html 17258 2024-02-18T13:03:12 text/html 186177 2024-10-14T04:08:52.433678 application/epub+zip 185088 2024-10-14T04:08:51.081607 application/epub+zip 68264 2024-10-14T04:08:50.861620 application/epub+zip 132567 2024-10-14T04:08:53.706595 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 125474 2024-10-14T04:08:52.195617 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 71189 2022-09-15T05:39:22.926592 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 33845 33887 2024-10-14T04:08:50.523819 2023-09-14T09:01:57.090986 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 14104 2024-02-18T13:03:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17914 2024-10-14T04:08:53.830606 application/rdf+xml 23926 2024-10-14T04:08:50.925609 image/jpeg 3898 2024-10-14T04:08:50.892632 image/jpeg 180815 2024-10-14T04:08:50.659627 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog