The Country of the Blind

For the Andrew Leland memoir, see The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight. For the Christopher Brookmyre novel, see Country of the Blind. For the Skeleton Crew album, see The Country of Blinds.
Not to be confused with "The Country of the Blind", a poem by C. S. Lewis.
Not to be confused with "In the Country of the Blind", a novel by Michael F. Flynn.

"The Country of the Blind"
Short story by H. G. Wells
First edition cover of The Country of the Blind and Other Stories (1911)
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CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Short story
Publication
Published inThe Strand Magazine
Media typePrint (Magazine)
Publication dateApril 1904

"The Country of the Blind" is a short story by English writer H. G. Wells. It was first published in the April 1904 issue of The Strand Magazine and included in a 1911 collection of Wells's short stories, The Country of the Blind and Other Stories. It is one of Wells's best known short stories, and features prominently in literature dealing with blindness.

Wells later revised the story, with the expanded version first published by an English private printer, Golden Cockerel Press, in 1939.