H.G. Wells

Broschiertes Buch

The Time Machine

Beschreibung

Wells's masterpiece still retains its power to provoke and enthral. In the Time Traveller's miraculous new machine, we will be carried from a Victorian dinner table to 802,701 AD, when the Earth is divided between the gentle, ineffective Eloi, and the ape-like Morlocks;

Autor

H.G. Wells was born in Bromley, Kent, in 1866. After an education repeatedly interrupted by his family's financial problems, he eventually found work as a teacher at a succession of schools, where he began to write his first stories. Wells became a prolific writer with a diverse output, of which the famous works are his science fiction novels. These are some of the earliest and most influential examples of the genre, and include classics such as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds. Most of his books very well-received, and had a huge influence on many younger writers, including George Orwell and Isaac Asimov. Wells also wrote many popular non-fiction books, and used his writing to support the wide range of political and social causes in which he had an interest, although these became increasingly eccentric towards the end of his life. Twice-married, Wells had many affairs, including a ten-year liaison with Rebecca West that produced a son. He died in London in 1946.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House UK / Vintage Classics
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 727260
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 102g
• ISBN-13: 9781784872083
• ISBN-10: 1784872083
• Artikelnr.: 45766596

Rezensionen

A seminal work of dystopian fiction, Wells's tale of the voyages of the Time Traveller in the distant future (AD 802,701) is also a cracking adventure story. Sunday Telegraph