The H.G. Wells reader : a complete anthology from science fiction to social satire

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The H.G. Wells reader : a complete anthology from science fiction to social satire

edited by John Huntington

Taylor Trade Pub., 2003

1st Taylor Trade Pub. ed

  • pbk.

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Distributed by National Book Network

Includes bibliographical references (p. 478)

Contents of Works

  • 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)

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Description

Huntington carefully compiled this readable anthology of Well's fiction. Includes 17 works, including The Time Machineand two other complete novels-the rarer The First Men and the Moon and In the Days of the Comet, 10 short stories, and excerpts from 6 other novels.

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