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H.G. Wells

Born

in Bromley, Kent, England

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: 3.82 · 1,352,555 ratings · 58,571 reviews · 4,651 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 522,803 ratings — published 1895 — 6364 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 — 317,013 ratings — published 1898 — 3182 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 3.64 avg rating — 195,481 ratings — published 1897 — 4064 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 — 121,965 ratings — published 1896 — 3399 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 — 56,172 ratings — published 1968 — 93 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 by H.G. Wells, China Miéville (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), John Banks (Narrator), Steven McLean, Alun Hood (Illustrator), Patrick Parrinder (Introduction) 3.66 avg rating — 16,790 ratings — published 1901 — 1524 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 4.13 avg rating — 8,397 ratings — published 1961 — 60 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 3.86 avg rating — 7,141 ratings — published 1904 — 347 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 3.36 avg rating — 5,122 ratings — published 1899 — 1996 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 — 4,942 ratings — published 1904 — 1378 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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