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Time Machine (Great Illustrated Classics (Playmore))

Wells, H. G.

 
9780866119832: Time Machine (Great Illustrated Classics (Playmore))
ISBN 10: 0866119833 ISBN 13: 9780866119832
Editorial: Abdo Pub Co, 1992

Sinopsis

Book by Wells H G

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Reseña del editor

First novel by H.G. Wells, published in book form in 1895. The novel is considered one of the earliest works of science fiction and the progenitor of the "time travel" subgenre. Wells advanced his social and political ideas in this narrative of a nameless Time Traveller who is hurtled into the year 802,701 by his elaborate ivory, crystal, and brass contraption. The world he finds is peopled by two races: the decadent Eloi, fluttery and useless, are dependent for food, clothing, and shelter on the simian subterranean Morlocks, who prey on them. The two races--whose names are borrowed from the Biblical Eli and Moloch--symbolize Wells's vision of the eventual result of unchecked capitalism: a neurasthenic upper class that would eventually be devoured by a proletariat driven to the depths.

Biografía del autor

Herbert George Wells (1866–1946) was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary. Together with Jules Verne, Wells has been referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction." Wells was an outspoken socialist and sympathetic to pacifist views, although he supported the First World War once it was under way, and his later works became increasingly political and didactic. His middle period novels (1900–1920) were less science-fictional; they covered lower-middle class life (The History of Mr Polly) and the 'New Woman' and the Suffragettes (Ann Veronica).

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Editorial
Abdo Pub Co
Año de publicación
1992
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0866119833
ISBN 13 
9780866119832
Encuadernación
Cuaderno
Número de páginas
240
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