H.G. Wells

The Island of Doctor Moreau

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

H.G. Wells' terrifying tale of science run amok, with an introduction by Adam Roberts.

Produktdetails

• S.F. Masterworks
• Verlag: Orion Publishing Co
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 128mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 200g
• ISBN-13: 9781473217997
• ISBN-10: 1473217997
• Artikelnr.: 45764477

Autorenporträt

H.G. Wells was born in Bromley, Kent in 1866. After working as a draper's apprentice and pupil-teacher, he won a scholarship to the Normal School of Science in 1884, studying under T. H. Huxley. He was awarded a first-class honours degree in biology and resumed teaching but had to retire after a kick from an ill-natured pupil afflicted his kidneys. He worked in poverty in London as a crammer while experimenting in journalism and stories. It was with THE TIME MACHINE (1895) that he had his real breakthrough.

Rezensionen

A lurid Darwinian nightmare...pushes unnervingly at the boundaries of what it is to be human and still reads as freshly as when it was first published. Evening Standard