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John Hammond offers an introduction to the life and work of H G Wells which is of interest and value to both the student and the general reader. Although Wells is studied at undergradute level there is no introductory text available as yet, instead students can only consult full length detailed biographies. John Hammond provides a concise overview allowing the student to read Wells with greater critical appreciation and to undertand the main areas of discussion and disagreement concerning the author.
John R. Hammond
List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Introduction PART ONE: THE WRITER AND HIS SETTING Family tree Chronological table CHAPTER 1: HIS LIFE AND TIMES Early years The student Journalism and early fiction The middle years The later years CHAPTER 2: WELLS AND HIS WORLD The influence of place The town of his birth Town and country A PREFACE TO H. G. WELLS The London of his fiction The autobiographical novels Wells's prose style PART TWO : CRITICAL COMMENTARY The science fiction of the 1890s The social novels The narrative voice Classical and romantic Wells and modernism Utopia and dystopia The novel as myth: The Time Machine Tono-Btmgay: the divided self PART THREE: REFERENCE SECTION Wells and his circle: sh ort biographies A Wells geography Wells's literary reputation Further reading and refermce Index Index of Well's Works