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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

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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 · 1,477,668 ratings · 69,966 reviews · 5,365 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 563,850 ratings — published 1895 — 6578 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating — 348,791 ratings — published 1898 — 3910 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Invisible Man 3.63 avg rating — 216,595 ratings — published 1897 — 2591 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells, Alan Lightman (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.73 avg rating — 134,856 ratings — published 1896 — 3476 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Time Machine / The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells, Alfred Mac Adam (Introduction) 4.10 avg rating — 56,568 ratings — published 2007 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Men in the Moon 3.66 avg rating — 18,504 ratings — published 1901 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Time Machine / The War of the Worlds 4.14 avg rating — 8,860 ratings — published 1950 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Country of the Blind 3.83 avg rating — 9,376 ratings — published 1904 — 186 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When the Sleeper Wakes 3.36 avg rating — 5,636 ratings — published 1899 — 159 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Food of the Gods 3.43 avg rating — 5,360 ratings — published 1904 — 1374 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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