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

Tomalin, Claire, (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781984879028
  • ISBN: 1984879022
  • Physical Description: xii, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-216) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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."
Subject: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.
Novelists, English > 20th century > Biography.
Authors, English > 20th century > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 5 of 6 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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Albright Memorial Library 92 WELLS (Text) 50686016107521 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library Biography Wells (Text) 39427103624052 Nonfiction Room: Adult Biography Available -
Parkland Community Library B WELLS TOM (Text) 34422007237551 Adult Biography Available -
Allentown Public Library B WELLS, H. (Text) 34455006859181 Adult Biography Available -
Bethlehem Main Library B WELLS (Text) 33062009535171 Adult Biography Available -
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