The young H.G. Wells : changing the world / Claire Tomalin.
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.
- Copyright: ©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." |
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Subject: | Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. Novelists, English > 20th century > Biography. Authors, English > 20th century > Biography. |
Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 5 of 6 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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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 | - |
Clymer Library | B WELLS (Text) | 32596000498492 | Adult Biography | In Cataloging | - |