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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

Influences

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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 · 1,500,834 ratings · 72,344 reviews · 5,467 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 571,553 ratings — published 1895 — 6595 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 — 354,245 ratings — published 1898 — 5869 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 — 220,221 ratings — published 1897 — 846 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 — 137,137 ratings — published 1896 — 42 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 — 56,615 ratings — published 2007 — 4 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 — 18,862 ratings — published 1901 — 1596 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 — 9,913 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 — 8,891 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 — 5,766 ratings — published 1899 — 1990 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 — 5,427 ratings — published 1904 — 1398 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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