The Time Machine by H G Wells

The Time Machine by H G Wells

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When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year 802,701 AD, he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty, contentment and peace. Entranced by the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man, he soon realises that these beautiful people are simply remnants of a once-great culture now afraid of the dark.

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The Time Machine by H G Wells

When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year 802,701 AD, he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty, contentment and peace. Entranced at first by the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man, he soon realises that this beautiful people are simply remnants of a once-great culture now weak and childishly afraid of the dark. They have every reason to be afraid: in deep tunnels beneath their paradise lurks another race descended from humanity the sinister Morlocks. And, when the scientist's time machine vanishes, it becomes clear he must search these tunnels, if he is ever to return to his own era.
H.G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist, who published more than a hundred books, including novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. Wells's prophetic imagination was first displayed in pioneering works of science fiction, but later he became an apostle of socialism, science and progress. His controversial views on sexual equality and the shape of a truly developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He was, in Bertrand Russell's words, 'an important liberator of thought and action'.
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ISBN 13 9780141442044
ISBN 10 0141442042
Title The Time Machine
Author H G Wells
Series Penguin Classics S
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2006-08-03
Number of pages 144
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.