Collected Novels, Short Stories, Essays and Articles (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Scientific Romances, Social Satires, and Speculative Essays on Progress and CivilizationBy H. G. Wells
Length431h 30m
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Collected Novels, Short Stories, Essays and Articles gathers the extraordinary range of H. G. Wells's imaginative and argumentative prose, from scientific romances and social satires to speculative essays on history, politics, and progress. Its contents reveal a writer who made fiction a laboratory for ideas: evolution, imperialism, class conflict, technological transformation, and the fragility of civilization recur in lucid, energetic prose. Wells's style combines journalistic directness with visionary invention, placing him at the center of late-Victorian and Edwardian debates while helping to define modern science fiction. Herbert George Wells, born in 1866 to modest circumstances, was shaped by self-education, socialist politics, and scientific training under T. H. Huxley. These influences explain both his fascination with biology and time, and his urgent concern with social organization. Wells wrote at a moment when Darwinism, industrialization, and empire unsettled inherited certainties; his work responds by imagining futures that expose the moral failures of the present. This collection is recommended for readers seeking not merely classic entertainment, but a panoramic encounter with one of modernity's most restless minds. It will especially reward those interested in speculative fiction, intellectual history, and literature's power to test society's deepest assumptions.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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Length431 hrs 30 mins
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Publish dateJul 31, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6Studies:
7H. G. Wells by J. D. Beresford
8I. INTRODUCTION
9II. THE ROMANCES
10III. THE NOVELS
11IV. SOCIOLOGY
12Mr. Wells as Historian by Arnold Wycombe Gomme
13Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants by G. K. Chesterton
14Novels and Short Stories:
15A Modern Utopia
16THE OWNER OF THE VOICE
17CHAPTER THE FIRST. Topographical
18CHAPTER THE SECOND. Concerning Freedoms
19CHAPTER THE THIRD. Utopian Economics
20CHAPTER THE FOURTH. The Voice of Nature
21CHAPTER THE FIFTH. Failure in a Modern Utopia
22CHAPTER THE SIXTH. Women in a Modern Utopia
23CHAPTER THE SEVENTH. A Few Utopian Impressions
24CHAPTER THE EIGHTH. My Utopian Self
25CHAPTER THE NINTH. The Samurai
26CHAPTER THE TENTH. Race in Utopia
27CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH. The Bubble Bursts
28Ann Veronica
29CHAPTER THE FIRST. ANN VERONICA TALKS TO HER FATHER
30CHAPTER THE SECOND. ANN VERONICA GATHERS POINTS OF VIEW
31CHAPTER THE THIRD. THE MORNING OF THE CRISIS
32CHAPTER THE FOURTH. THE CRISIS
33CHAPTER THE FIFTH. THE FLIGHT TO LONDON
34CHAPTER THE SIXTH. EXPOSTULATIONS
35CHAPTER THE SEVENTH. IDEALS AND A REALITY
36CHAPTER THE EIGHTH. BIOLOGY
37CHAPTER THE NINTH. DISCORDS
38CHAPTER THE TENTH. THE SUFFRAGETTES
39CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH. THOUGHTS IN PRISON
40CHAPTER THE TWELFTH. ANN VERONICA PUTS THINGS IN ORDER
41CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH. THE SAPPHIRE RING
42CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTH. THE COLLAPSE OF THE PENITENT
43CHAPTER THE FIFTEENTH. THE LAST DAYS AT HOME
44CHAPTER THE SIXTEENTH. IN THE MOUNTAINS
45CHAPTER THE SEVENTEENTH. IN PERSPECTIVE
46Bealby
47DEDICATION AND NOTE TO THE READER
48CHAPTER THE FIRST. Young Bealby Goes to Shonts
49CHAPTER THE SECOND. A WeekEnd at Shonts
50CHAPTER THE THIRD. The Wanderers
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