Title:
The young H.G. Wells : changing the world / Claire Tomalin.
ISBN:
9781984879028
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Publication Information:
New York : Penguin Press, 2021.
©2021
Physical Description:
xii, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
Contents:
Two accidents -- "What else can you do?" -- Uppark -- "A bright run of luck" -- Blood -- "For a young man to marry ..." -- More blood -- Time Machine -- "Uncommonly cheerful and hopeful" -- A house by the sea -- Fabian friends -- Joining the club -- Pressure -- America in 1906 -- Webb and Wells -- Amberissima -- Heroines -- Tono-Bungay -- Friends and enemies -- "I warmed both hands before the fire of life."
Summary:
The acclaimed literary biographer looks at the early life of influential writer and public figure H.G. Wells, from his school days and his emergence as writer of extraordinary depth to the publication of The Time Machine.
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OCLC Number:
on1277507820
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