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H.G. Wells

Born

in Bromley, Kent, England, The United Kingdom

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: 3.81 · 1,511,481 ratings · 73,479 reviews · 5,489 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 574,983 ratings — published 1895 — 6714 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 — 356,930 ratings — published 1898 — 53 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 — 221,893 ratings — published 1897 — 4134 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 — 138,146 ratings — published 1896 — 21 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 — 56,641 ratings — published 2007 — 71 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 3.65 avg rating — 19,004 ratings — published 1901 — 7 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 — 10,184 ratings — published 1904 — 367 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 — 8,928 ratings — published 1950 — 87 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 3.35 avg rating — 5,816 ratings — published 1899 — 1989 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 3.42 avg rating — 5,460 ratings — published 1904 — 1395 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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