The Time Machine

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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018 - Literary Collections - 72 pages
This novel by the English writer Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946), which appeared at the end of the nineteenth century, inaugurated an entire strand - that of time travel - which found enormous success in twentieth century science fiction. An English gentleman, amateur scientist, announces one night to his friends that he has built a car that can travel through time, both in the past and in the future, and to be about to leave for his first exploration. He gives them an appointment at his house for the following week.

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About the author (2018)

H. G. Wells was born in Bromley, England on September 21, 1866. After a limited education, he was apprenticed to a draper, but soon found he wanted something more out of life. He read widely and got a position as a student assistant in a secondary school, eventually winning a scholarship to the Royal College of Science in South Kensington, where he studied biology. He graduated from London University in 1888 and became a science teacher. He also wrote for magazines. When his stories began to sell, he left teaching to write full time. He became an author best known for science fiction novels and comic novels. His science fiction novels include The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Wonderful Visit, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The First Men in the Moon, and The Food of the Gods. His comic novels include Love and Mr. Lewisham, Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul, The History of Mr. Polly, and Tono-Bungay. He also wrote several short story collections including The Stolen Bacillus, The Plattner Story, and Tales of Space and Time. He died on August 13, 1946 at the age of 79.

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