Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley, Kent in 1866. He had an unsuccessful academic career and then worked as an apprentice draper before returning to school to complete his education. He worked as a teacher until his literary career began with the publication of The Time Machine in 1895.
Over the next 50 years Wells wrote a further 50 novels, which earned him the title “father of science fiction”, his most famous works being The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds. Not all of Wells’ books were science fiction though. He also wrote copious amount about history, politics, and social commentary, being a vocal supporter of socialism and pacifism. He died in 1946 at the age of 79.
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His father was Joseph Wells who played professional cricket for Kent CCC
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This was a social novel rather than a work of science fiction and it was Wells' personal favourite
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West is also said to have had affairs with Charlie Chaplin and Lord Beaverbrook
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Val Kilmer played the part in the 1996 film version
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The protagonist is an English scientist and gentleman inventor whose name is never mentioned. He is only referred to as "the Time Traveller"
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Mr Polly bears some similarity to Wells. Both ended their formal education at the age of fourteen and become employed in draperies
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It tells the tragic story of a scientist who makes himself invisible but is unable to become visible again
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The book has been interpreted in many ways, from a description of natural selection to an attack on British Imperialism
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According to the novel, Woking is where the aliens landed
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The man, Mr Cave, is an unhappy antique dealer. Then one dayl he finds the egg in which he can see a wonderful landscape
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