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Author:

Tomalin, Claire, author.

Title:

The young H.G. Wells : changing the world / Claire Tomalin.

Publisher:

Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xii, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm

Subject:

Wells, H. G.--(Herbert George),--1866-1946.
Novelists, English--20th century--Biography.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-237) and index.

Contents:

Two accidents -- "What else can you do?" -- Uppark -- "A bright run of luck" -- Blood -- "For a young man to marry..." -- More blood -- The Time Machine -- "Uncommonly cheerful and hopeful" -- A house by the sea -- Fabian friends -- Joining the club -- Pressure -- America in 1906 -- Webb and Wells -- Amberissima -- Heroines -- Tono-Bungay -- Friends and enemies -- "I warned both hands before the fire of life".

Summary:

The acclaimed literary biographer looks at the early life of influential writer and public figure H.G. Wells, from his school days and his emergence as writer of extraordinary depth to the publication of The Time Machine.

ISBN:

1984879022
9781984879028

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1277507820

LCCN:

bl2021026546

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)