Herbert George Wells - Books and biography

Il pacifismo convinto di Wells si scontra con la vita dei territori in guerra. Come altri uomini di cultura dell’epoca volle recarsi al fronte per avere l’esperienza diretta di cosa significava l’atroce...

Bert Smallways è un ragazzo comune, scontento di sé, che vuole uscire dal piccolo ambiente in cui vive, e sogna; ma il suo orizzonte è così limitato che che anche i suoi sogni sono piccoli. Curioso ed...

Uscito nel 1905 e accolto con entusiasmo (8 ristampe nel primo anno) Anticipazioni evidenzia il convincimento di Wells (derivato dal Comte) che nessuna opera di rifondazione societaria sia possibile senza...

Il romanzo si colloca nel genere fantascienza utopica, narrando, attraverso la lettura di un manoscritto trovato da un giovane, di come il mondo fosse stato sanato dalle sue brutture individuali e collettive...

The novel tells the story of a journey to the moon by the impecunious businessman Mr Bedford and the brilliant but eccentric scientist Dr Cavor. On arrival, Bedford and Cavor find the moon inhabited by...

Bert Smallways n'est pas un héros. Ce serait plutôt Candide propulsé dans la guerre mondiale, une guerre conçue à l'échelle planétaire, en 1908, par un stratège de génie, H.G. Wells, qui invente l'arme...

Des Don Quichotte, chaque époque en voit naître une kyrielle. Au début du siècle, ils enfourchaient un vélo, comme cet Hoopdriver qui se lance sur les routes campagnardes afin de mieux maîtriser sa Rossinante...

Le savant Griffin, après 15 ans de recherches et des dépenses qui l'ont ruiné, invente une formule pour devenir invisible. Après avoir fait l'expérience sur le chat de sa voisine, il décide d'expérimenter...

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was one of the most popular British writers of all time. Prolific in many genres, he wrote more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included...

Le Novelle straordinarie del grande visionario H.G. Wells qua contenute sono: Il microbo rubato, Un’orchidea straordinaria, L’Osservatorio di Avu, Affare di struzzi, Il fabbricante di diamanti, L’isola...

Senna atmosfera gospody leżącej na prowincji Anglii zostaje zaburzona pojawieniem się tajemniczego mężczyzny. Ma ciemne okulary i zabandażowaną głowę, co każe właścicielom gospody przypuszczać, że został...

•A máquina do tempo, primeiro romance de H.G.Wells e sucesso imediato de público e crítica, é o precursor da moderna ficção científica e ''pai'' dos relatos de viagens no tempo. Sua vasta obra também...

Ուելսն «Անտեսանելի Մարդը» վեպում ընդդիմանում է գերմարդու ու նրա անսպառ հնարավորությունների մասին իր ժամանակի պատկերացումներին. գերմարդ, որն իրեն իրավունք է վերապահում բռնանալ մյուսների վրա, սպառնալ նրանց...

Հայ ընթերցողին ավելի հայտնի են Հերբերթ Ուելսի «Անտեսանելի մարդը», «Պատերազմ օդում» գիտաֆանտաստիկ վեպերը, «Ռուսաստանը մշուշի մեջ» ակնարկը։ Գրքում մեկտեղված են հեղինակի՝ հայերենով լույս տեսած պատմվածքները։

Bert Smallways is the unlikely protagonist, a kind of Edwardian Mod, not interested in a steady career, always looking for a good time, riding his proto-scooter down to Brighton at the weekends. When...

Decades ahead of his time, H.G. Wells leaps beyond the bounds of conventional imagination to tell the story of the Time Traveler. A seminal and hugely imaginative work of early science fiction, H.G. Wells’s...

A charming tale of a young recalcitrant boy’s wanderings through England. Full of humour. It is a light tale, and one of Wells’ that holds up the best. Though young Bealby is determined to rise above...

Short story told as an allegory set in the future, in form of narrative, with some trenchant remarks on the current situation, and a brilliant introduction to which the balance fails to measure up. Dialogs...

Herbert George Wells is a huge name in the world of literature. He is known as the king of Science Fiction stories. He was an accomplished teacher, a best-selling novelist, a historian and a journalist,...

About a political idealist who changes his colours and engages in a sexual adventure. A successful author and Liberal MP Richard Remington appears to be a man to envy. But underneath his superficial contentment,...

„The Bulpington of Blup”, a 1932 novel by H. G. Wells, is a character study analyzing the psychological sources of resistance to Wellsian ideology, and was influenced by Wells’s acquaintance with Carl...

The novel tells the prophetic story of man’s harnessing of the newly-discovered power of the atom, how this power nearly destroys civilization in a catastrophic war and foreshadows nuclear warfare years...

Often called the father of science fiction, British author Herbert George Wells literary works are notable for being some of the first titles of the science fiction genre. „Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole...

An intriguing HG Wells work, not of the sci-fi variety, which details a man’s struggle to find himself and get along with his world. Published in 1910, this novel is the story of Alfred Polly, a generally...

Although most famous for his sci-fi, Wells’ best work often deals with ordinary people having big thoughts in picturesque settings. „The Passionate Friends” is a fine representative example of this. Wells...

The book starts in late Victorian England and ends shortly after the first world war. It covers the transition between the end of the Victorian era, and the aimlessness of the next generation very well....

This novel is split into two parts, „The Utopographer in the Garden” and „Advent”. The former is set on the Italian Riviera where the novel’s central figures, a British couple, The Rylands, entertain...

H.G Wells wrote many tales of adventure and exploration, which were fascinating to early twentieth century readers as transportation to faraway lands was so difficult back then. Wells’ „Modern Utopia”...

„The Brothers – A Story.” Herbert George Wells was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the novel, politics, history, and social commentary. Wells returned to a literary...

This story was the first work of fiction in which an explorer traverses time through the use of a man-made device – a time machine – rather than through magic, divine intervention, or a natural phenomenon...