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H.G. Wells


Born
in Bromley, Kent, England
September 21, 1866

Died
August 13, 1946

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, History

Influences
Joseph McCabe, Avro Manhattan, Julian Huxley, Lucian, Apuleius, Thomas ...more


Herbert George Wells was born to a working class family in Kent, England. Young Wells received a spotty education, interrupted by several illnesses and family difficulties, and became a draper's apprentice as a teenager. The headmaster of Midhurst Grammar School, where he had spent a year, arranged for him to return as an "usher," or student teacher. Wells earned a government scholarship in 1884, to study biology under Thomas Henry Huxley at the Normal School of Science. Wells earned his bachelor of science and doctor of science degrees at the University of London. After marrying his cousin, Isabel, Wells began to supplement his teaching salary with short stories and freelance articles, then books, including The Time Machine (1895), The Isl ...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 1,472,733 ratings · 69,509 reviews · 4,902 distinct works • Similar authors
The Time Machine
3.89 avg rating — 562,001 ratings — published 1895 — 3482 editions
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The War of the Worlds
3.83 avg rating — 347,750 ratings — published 1898 — 5852 editions
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The Invisible Man
3.63 avg rating — 215,845 ratings — published 1897 — 4119 editions
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The Island of Dr. Moreau
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3.73 avg rating — 134,421 ratings — published 1896 — 3479 editions
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The First Men in the Moon
3.66 avg rating — 18,455 ratings — published 1901 — 702 editions
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The Country of the Blind
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When the Sleeper Wakes
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The Food of the Gods
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Series by H.G. Wells

The Time Machine The Island of Dr. Moreau The Invisible Man The War of the Worlds
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“We all have our time machines, don't we. Those that take us back are memories...And those that carry us forward, are dreams.”
― H.G. Wells
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“Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.”
― H.G. Wells, The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman
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“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.”
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November 2014 Revisit the Shelf Classics Poll

1860, The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, 672 pages
 
  20 votes, 15.5%

1953, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, 238 pages
 
  16 votes, 12.4%

 
  15 votes, 11.6%

 
  12 votes, 9.3%

 
  10 votes, 7.8%

 
  10 votes, 7.8%

 
  10 votes, 7.8%

1898, The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, 192 pages
 
  9 votes, 7.0%

 
  8 votes, 6.2%

 
  7 votes, 5.4%

1935, Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier, 320 pages
 
  6 votes, 4.7%

 
  6 votes, 4.7%

129 total votes
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