Herbert George Wells - Books and biography

A soul-corrupting evil invades the remote English village of Cainsmarsh, infesting the minds of the local residents. Dark events are plaguing its people. An elderly woman stiffens in dread at her own...

Considered one of Wells most successful attempts at a social novel in the vein of Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray, Wells’s tale is a panoramic view of an unravelling society. A semi-autobiographical...

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...

In una cittadina della provincia inglese il Vicario, esperto ornitologo, spara a un angelo, proveniente evidentemente da un’altra dimensione, credendolo un uccello raro, ferendolo...  

Wells’s satire on literature, „Boon” was originally published under the pseudonym Reginald Bliss; a follow-up to the Fabian-savaging „The New Machiavelli”. It purports, however, to be by the fictional...

On a deceivingly beautiful island in the South Seas exists the sinister kingdom of Doctor Moreau. Edward Prendick is shipwrecked in the Pacific. Rescued by Doctor Moreau’s assistant he is taken to the...

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...

La visita meravigliosa è un romanzo del 1895 di H.G. Wells. Con un angelo per protagonista - una creatura di fantasia diversa dall'angelo religioso - e ambientato nell'Inghilterra contemporanea, il libro...

Romanzo del 1896 nel quale tuttavia ravvisiamo già la progettualità utopica che in Wells è insieme desiderio di giustizia, di ordine, di efficienza raggiungibili solo attraverso un’evoluzione societaria...

Persuadé que le temps est une quatrième dimension de même nature que la longueur, la largeur et la hauteur, un inventeur de génie construit une machine extraordinaire qui va lui permettre de se déplacer...

Seul survivant d'un naufrage, Edward Prendick est recueilli sur une île des mers du Sud par un personnage des plus singuliers : le docteur Moreau. Il découvre avec terreur que l'île est peuplée de créatures...

Un jour de 1894, un météore s'abat près de Londres, bientôt suivi de nombreux autres. Des cratères calcinés qu'ils ont creusés dans le sol émergent alors d'énormes tripodes de métal, terrifiants engins...

Le Classcompilé n° 120 contient les oeuvres d'Herbert George Wells.Herbert George Wells, plus connu sous la signature H. G. Wells, né le 21 septembre 1866 à Bromley dans le Kent (Royaume-Uni) et mort...

„Marriage” is a surprising story about relationships and people by science fiction legend, H.G. Wells. It features two protagonists: Marjorie Pope, the oldest daughter of a carriage manufacturer whose...

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...

„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...

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...

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,...

Dedicated to all schoolmasters and schoolmistresses and every teacher in the world, this re-interpretation of the Book of Job is one of the author’s finest discussion novels. Written in 1918, this is...

Jedna z najwa?niejszych ?wiatowych powie?ci gatunku science fiction. Opowiada o inwazji Marsjan na Ziemi?, którzy zamierzaj? skolonizowa? B??kitn? Planet?, a z jej mieszka?ców uczyni? po?ywienie. Siej?...

Towards the end of his career, Wells write this book, in which he outlined his vision of Utopia. This is the story of a Mr. Barnstaple, an everyday man, who finds himself propelled into a parallel universe...

This charming, little-known fantasy by the author of „The Time Machine” and „The War of the Worlds” is also a sharply satirical look at the mores and moral of Edwardian England. During a family outing...

Il volume, del 1905, contiene una scelta di 16 racconti pubblicati in originale su raccolte diverse. Tra questi alcuni classici della narrativa fantastica, come The strange orchid, The lord of dynamos...

Prêts pour un voyage dans la 4e dimension ?Londres, fin du XIXe siècle. Un groupe d’amis écoute les aventures de celui qui prétend être le premier voyageur du temps. Son récit débute en l’an 802 701....

Sous ses légers bandages se cache un lourd secret...Alors que le paisible village d’Ipen imagine qu’il est hanté par un fantôme, Griffin, l’Homme invisible, est violemment chassé. Trouvant refuge chez...

Derrière son apparente légèreté se cache un lourd secret…Un étranger décide de poser ses valises dans un hôtel situé dans le tranquille et petit village d’Ipen. Les habitants sont très vite perturbés...

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...

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։

È il romanzo che ha consacrato H.G. Wells: un capolavoro che ha ispirato generazioni di scrittori e lettori; un classico della fantascienza dove, dietro una storia di fantasia, si cela una dura critica...