H. G. Wells

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Philosophy

510

H. G. Wells - Anticipations

Wells considered this book one of his most important, a natural follow-up to such works as his Man of the Year Million and The Time Machine. His goal was to get people to think and act in new ways. The book starts...

John Trevithick and 2 more 8 hours 31 minutes

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General Fiction

484

H. G. Wells - Passionate Friends

H. G. Wells is best known for his science fiction, but some of his greatest works were in other genres. The Passionate Friends is a love story. It also is a story about dreams, despair, jealousy, sex, the struggle...

Peter Eastman 12 hours 49 minutes

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Science Fiction

519

H. G. Wells - In the Days of the Comet

William («Willie») is a student living in the British town of Clayton. As a Socialist, he tries to move power from the upper class to the working class. Interestingly, in a fictitious confrontation Britain declares...

Bigmouth and 5 more 9 hours 50 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

583

H. G. Wells - Secret Places of the Heart

Richard Hardy, a member of the British gentry, tries to resolve problems in his marriage as he travels with a psychiatrist. The book is to a great extent autobiographical. H. G. had read some brillliantly composed...

A. J. Carroll and 8 more 7 hours 24 minutes

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General Fiction

507

H. G. Wells - Tono-Bungay

Tono-Bungay is a realist semi-autobiographical novel. It is narrated by George Ponderevo, a science student who is drafted in to help with the promotion of Tono-Bungay, a harmful stimulant disguised as a miraculous...

Delmar H Dolbier and 2 more 15 hours 11 minutes

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*Non-fiction

513

H. G. Wells - God, the Invisible King

Wells wrote in his book God the Invisible King that his idea of God did not draw upon the traditional religions of the world: «This book sets out as forcibly and exactly as possible the religious belief of the writer....

William Tomcho and 3 more 4 hours 34 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

536

H. G. Wells - Time Machine (Version 2)

Surely the Time Traveler threw great dinner parties! His guests were treated to a once-in-forever trial of a miniature time machine — an exquisite miniature that acted so flawlessly as to appear to be stage magic....

Mark F. Smith 3 hours 39 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

506

H. G. Wells - War in the Air

War in the Air was written during a prolific time in H. G. Wells's writing career. Having withdrawn from British politics to spend more time on his own ideas, he published twelve books between 1901 and 1911, including...

Frank Booker and 6 more 10 hours 52 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

502

H. G. Wells - Time Machine (Version 3)

H.G. Wells' classic science fiction-fantasy story, in which a scientist known only as “The Time Traveller” tells the tale of his journey to the year 802,701 A.D. and beyond, where he witnesses the end of human...

Mark Nelson 3 hours 39 minutes

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Fantastic Fiction

496

H. G. Wells - World Set Free (version 2)

Radioactive decay is a major theme in the novel The World Set Free, published in 1914. Wells explores what might happen if the rate of decay could be sped up. The book may have encouraged scientists to explore...

Jules Hawryluk and 1 more 8 hours 4 minutes

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Science Fiction

512

H. G. Wells - Story of the Days to Come

Set in London in the early 22nd century, this novella depicts the troubles of two lovers, Denton and Elizabeth. Elizabeth is a well-to-do woman with many connections, but Denton is only a middle-class worker....

Dennis Blake and 3 more 3 hours 35 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

533

H. G. Wells - History of Mr. Polly

A funny and touching account of the imaginative Mr. Polly who, bored and trapped in his conventional life, makes a U-turn –- and changes everything. H.G. Wells’ early life as the son of a semi-insolvent...

Adrian Praetzellis 9 hours 8 minutes

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New

Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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