Research Catalog

Title

The H.G. Wells reader : a complete anthology from science fiction to social satire / edited by John Huntington.

Author

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946

Publication

Lanham, Md. : Taylor Trade Pub., 2003.

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Additional Authors

Huntington, John, 1940-

Description

xviii, 478 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

This collection, the first of its kind, indicates the full breadth of Well's visionary views and social commentary.

Subject

• Science fiction, English
• Satire, English

Genre/Form

• Fictional Work
• Fiction
• Romans.

Note

• Distributed by National Book Network.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 478).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The stolen bacillus (1894) -- The triumphs of a taxidermist (1894) -- Æpornis Island (1894) -- From The time machine (from chapters 4, 14, 15 and the epilogue) (1895) -- From The wheels of chance (chapters 28-29) (1895) -- From The island of Doctor Moreau (from chapters 12 and 16) (1896) -- From The invisible man (chapters 5-7) (1897) -- From The war of the worlds (book 1, chapters 1, 2, 5, 13 and 17; book 2, chapter 8) (1898) -- From The first men in the moon (chapter 6 to the end) (1901) -- From The food of the gods (from chapters 2 and 3) (1904) -- The country of the blind (1904) -- From In the days of the comet ( book 1; book 2, from chapters 1 and 3; book 3, from chapters 1 and 3, and the epilogue) (1906) -- From Tono-bungay (book 2, chapter 2; book 4, chapter 3) (1909) -- The history of Mr. Polly (1910).

ISBN

0878333061 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2003002119

OCLC

51613871

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library