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The Time Machine
By Wells, H G
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Description
At a Victorian dinner party, in Richmond, London, the Time Traveller returns to tell his extraordinary tale of mankind's future in the year 802,701 AD. It is a dystopian vision of Darwinian evolution, with humans split into an above-ground species of Eloi, and their troglodyte brothers.
The first book H. G. Wells published, The Time Machine is a scientific romance that helped invent the genre of science fiction and the time travel story. Even before its serialisation had finished in the spring of 1895, Wells had been declared 'a man of genius', and the book heralded a fifty year career of a major cultural and political controversialist. It is a sardonic rejection of Victorian ideals of progress and improvement and a detailed satirical commentary on the Decadent culture of the 1890s.
This edition features a contextual introduction, detailed explanatory notes, and two essays Wells wrote just prior to the publication of his first book.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
160
Release Date:
2017-01-12
Publication Date:
2017-01-12
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0198707517
ISBN13:
9780198707516
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
123 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
195 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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