Tales of Life and Adventure

by H.G. Wells

1954. No Edition Stated. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1923

About the author

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 Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898).

Wells created a mild scandal when he divorced his cousin to marry one of his best students, Amy Catherine Robbins. Although his second marriage was lasting and produced two sons, Wells was an unabashed advocate of free (as opposed to "indiscriminate") love. He continued to openly have extra-marital liaisons, most famously with Margaret Sanger, and a ten-year relationship with the author Rebecca West, who had one of his two out-of-wedlock children. A one-time member of the Fabian Society, Wells sought active change. His 100 books included many novels, as well as nonfiction, such as A Modern Utopia (1905), The Outline of History (1920), A Short History of the World (1922), The Shape of Things to Come (1933), and The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind (1932). One of his booklets was Crux Ansata, An Indictment of the Roman Catholic Church. Although Wells toyed briefly with the idea of a "divine will" in his book, God the Invisible King (1917), it was a temporary aberration. Wells used his international fame to promote his favorite causes, including the prevention of war, and was received by government officials around the world. He is best-remembered as an early writer of science fiction and futurism.

He was also an outspoken socialist. Wells and Jules Verne are each sometimes referred to as "The Fathers of Science Fiction". D. 1946.

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Reviews

[Tom · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.73⭐

The Argonauts of the Air • (1895) 3⭐
In the Modern Vein: An Unsympathetic Love Story • (1894) 2.5⭐
A Catastrophe • (1895) 3⭐
The Lost Inheritance • (1896) 4⭐
A Deal in Ostriches • (1894) 4⭐
Through a Window • (1894) 4.5⭐
The Flying Man • (1895) 4⭐
The Diamond Maker • (1894) 4.5⭐
The Hammerpond Park Burglary 3⭐
The Jilting of Jane • (1894) 2⭐
The Cone • (1895) 4⭐
The Stolen Bacillus • (1894) 5⭐
The Lord of the Dynamos 4.25⭐
The Treasure in the Forest • (1894) 4.25⭐
The Obliterated Man • (1911) (variant of The Sad Story of a Dramatic Critic 1895) 3.5⭐
A Slip Under the Microscope • (1896) 3.5⭐
Jimmy Goggles the God • (1898) 4⭐
Miss Winchelsea's Heart • (1898) 3.5⭐
Filmer • (1901) 2.75⭐
Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation • (1898) 5⭐
268 • Mr. Brisher's Treasure • (1899) 4⭐

[Jan Ashley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some stories a bit hit and miss, I think I am far too used to the modern way of writing and felt a bit like I was trudging through treacle sometimes. BUT I am glad I read through it...

[Warren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of these early stories by Wells really show their age; others are the product of a yet unpolished talent. But sprinkled throughout are enough of excellence to make the effort worthwhile.