Of Conversation: An Apology (Unabridged)

'Of Conversation: An Apology' by H. G. Wells is a short essay. H. G. Wells once different, humorous social satire and ironic.

I must admit that in conversation I am not a brilliant success. Partly, indeed, that may be owing to the assiduity with which my aunt suppressed my early essays in the art: 'Children,' she said, 'should be seen but not heard,' and incontinently rapped my knuckles.