The Time Machine: The Penguin English Library
Autor H. G. Wellsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 mai 2012
'Great shapes like big machines rose out of the dimness, and cast grotesque black shadows, in which dim spectral Morlocks sheltered from the glare'
Chilling, prophetic and hugely influential,The Time Machinesees a Victorian scientist propel himself into the year 802,701 AD, where he is delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty and contentment in the form of the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man. But he soon realizes that they are simply remnants of a once-great culture - now weak and living in terror of the sinister Morlocks lurking in the deep tunnels, who threaten his very return home. H. G. Wells defined much of modern science fiction with this 1895 tale of time travel, which questions humanity, society, and our place on Earth.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141199344
ISBN-10: 0141199342
Pagini: 128
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 7 mm
Greutate: 0.1 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Seria The Penguin English Library
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141199342
Pagini: 128
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 7 mm
Greutate: 0.1 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Seria The Penguin English Library
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
H.G.
Wells
was
a
professional
writer
and
journalist
who
published
more
than
a
hundred
books,
including
pioneering
science
fiction
novels,
histories,
essays
and
programmes
for
world
regeneration.
He
was
a
founding
member
of
numerous
movements
including
Liberty
and
PEN
International
-
the
world's
oldest
human
rights
organization
-
and
his
Rights
of
Man
laid
the
groundwork
for
the
1948
Universal
Declaration
of
Human
Rights.
Wells'
controversial
and
progressive
views
on
equality
and
the
shape
of
a
truly
developed
nation
remain
directly
relevant
to
our
world
today.
He
was,
in
Bertrand
Russell's
words,
'an
important
liberator
of
thought
and
action'.
Descriere
H. G. Wells defined much of modern science fiction with this 1895 tale of time travel, which questions humanity, society, and our place on Earth.
The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.
Recenzii
“[Wells] contrives to give over humanity into the clutches of the Impossible and yet manages to keep it down (or up) to its humanity, to its flesh, blood, sorrow, folly.” —Joseph Conrad
Caracteristici
Part of H.G. Wells new collection to include The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds
Textul de pe ultima copertă
In The Time Machine Wells pioneers the concept of travel in the 'Fourth Dimension' and speculates about the ultimate decay of the human species. The world of the effete Eloi and ape-like Morlocks, the age of giant crabs, and the final portrayal of the heat-death of the sun constitute an unforgettable vision of the future. The Time Traveller's narrow escape from the remote descendants of humanity is paralleled by Edward Prendick's horrifying adventures among the Beast Folk of The Island of Doctor Moreau. Moreau, a ruthless vivisector, chooses an uninhabited Pacific island for his attempts to change animals into human beings on the operating table. Prendick soon fears that he, too, may become a victim of Moreau's experiments. Even at their most bleakly pessimistic and ironic, these stories testify to the resources of human courage and ingenuity. This edition offers authoritative texts of both novels, explanatory notes, and an introduction setting them in the context of Wells's life and thought.