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'The Beautiful Suit' is a haunting allegorical tale of a man who has a beautiful suit of clothes which he is never allowed to wear. But one night he decides to put on the suit and wear it as it should be worn.

The story features only two characters: an unnamed boy and his mother. The mother has made a beautiful suit of clothes for the boy, who takes great delight in this possession. He longs to wear it everywhere, but the little man's mother insists that he may wear the suit only on rare and great occasions, and she covers up various parts to protect them. One night, he slips out of the house in his suit and is found dead the next day.

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer, now best remembered for his science fiction novels and often credited as being the father of science fiction. 'The Beautiful Suit' is a haunting allegorical tale of a man who has a beautiful suit of clothes which he is never allowed to wear. But one night he decides to put on the suit and wear it as it should be worn....