LIBROS DEL AUTOR: hgwells

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  • The History of Mr. Polly
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    The History of Mr. Polly is a novel by H.G. Wells, first published in 1910. It tells the story of Alfred Polly, an ordinary man who finds himself deeply dissatisfied with his life. Trapped in a dreary marriage and a failing business, Mr. Polly becomes increasingly disillusioned with his existence. In a moment of desperation, he decides to escape from his mundane life, leading t...
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    20,50 €

  • The Passionate Friends
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    The Passionate Friends by H.G. Wells is a novel that delves into the complexities of love, marriage, and personal freedom. The story is narrated by Stephen Stratton, who reflects on his lifelong, unfulfilled love for Mary, a woman married to another man. As Stephen grapples with his feelings and the societal constraints that keep them apart, Wells explores themes of emotional c...
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    21,54 €

  • The War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells is a thrilling science fiction novel that tells the story of humanity’s desperate struggle for survival against a devastating Martian invasion. As the alien invaders unleash their advanced technology upon Earth, cities are destroyed, and society collapses into chaos. Through the eyes of an unnamed narrator, Wells explores themes of imperialis...
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    16,28 €

  • The History of Mr. Polly
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    The History of Mr. Polly by H.G. Wells tells the story of Alfred Polly, an ordinary man trapped in an unfulfilling life. Dissatisfied with his dreary marriage and failing business, Mr. Polly reaches a breaking point and decides to take a bold step to change his fate. Through a mix of humor and heart, Wells explores themes of self-discovery, the search for happiness, and the str...
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    18,02 €

  • The Research Magnificent
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    The Research Magnificent by H.G. Wells is a novel that explores the idealistic quest of William Porphyry Benham, a man determined to live a life of heroic virtue. Rejecting the ordinary and the mundane, Benham embarks on a journey to achieve greatness, seeking to understand and embody what he believes to be the highest form of human existence. Through his adventures and misadve...
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    25,74 €

  • The Time Machine
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    The Time Machine by H.G. Wells is a groundbreaking science fiction novel that tells the story of an unnamed Time Traveler who invents a machine capable of moving through time. As he journeys into the distant future, he encounters the Eloi, a gentle, childlike race, and the Morlocks, a subterranean species with sinister intentions. Through these encounters, Wells explores themes...
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    13,38 €

  • New Worlds for Old
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    In New Worlds for Old, H.G. Wells presents a compelling vision for a better society through the principles of socialism. This thought-provoking manifesto challenges the inequalities of capitalism and advocates for a more just and organized world. With clarity and passion, Wells argues for a peaceful and democratic transition to a system that prioritizes the common good, offerin...
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    20,54 €

  • Certain Personal Matters
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    H.G. Wells’ collection of humorous and witty essays, including such topics as 'Thoughts on Cheapness and My Aunt Charlotte,' 'On the Choice of a Wife,' 'In a Literary Household,' 'The Language of Flowers,' 'The Book of Curses,' 'The Writing of Essays,' 'The Pleasure of Quarrelling,' 'How I Died,' and many more! ...
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    14,52 €

  • The Time Machine - the Original 1895 Classic (Reader’s Library Classics)
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    There are really four dimensions, three which we call the three planes of Space, and a fourth, Time.The Original 1895 ClassicWhen an English Scientist, known only as the Time Traveller, invents a machine that can travel through time, the most logical expectation would be to test such a machine. After a trial run that saw him travel three hours into the future, the Time Travelle...
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    12,65 €

  • The War of the Worlds - the Original 1898 Classic (Reader’s Library Classics)
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    It never was a war, any more than there’s war between man and ants.The Original 1898 Classic The Martians have touched down on earth. Dormant they may have been perceived, but soon they come to life in giant tripods that dispense visual, and deadly, wonderment to the locals. Atop these machines of death is the dreadful Heat-Ray, a device that emits a beam of light that disinteg...
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    12,28 €

  • The Invisible Man - the Original 1897 Classic (Reader’s Library Classics)
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    Alone-it is wonderful how little a man can do alone! To rob a little, to hurt a little, and there is the end.The Original 1897 Classic A curious man, wearing a long coat, a wide-brimmed hat, and whose face is entirely swathed in bandages save for an obvious fake pink nose, walks into an English inn to the shock and horror of many of the townspeople. Beakers and chemicals in tow...
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    12,43 €

  • A máquina do tempo
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    Um cientista londrino viaja, a bordo de uma Máquina do Tempo, do século XIX para o ano de 802.701. Chegando no que seria a Londres do futuro, o Viajante do Tempo encontra duas espécies que evoluíram do ser humano: os Eloi, que viviam na superfície, e os Morlocks, que se escondiam da luz no subterrâneo. O Mundo Superior era habitado por seres frívolos, delicados e infantis que e...
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    25,72 €

  • War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    In the last days of the 19th century, an unseen narrator is witness to the horrific attack on earth from invaders from mars. Starting with the first falling star in England to the mass army of metal fighting machines in the execution and collection of humanity. A wonderful illustrated adaptation of the classic H.G Wells novel. ...
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    22,26 €

  • Certain Personal Matters
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    A fresh, four-fact hook: certain personal matters rise with sharpened wit and a humane gaze, inviting readers to meet a world where everyday life is quietly, pointedly observed.This short stories collection gathers early twentieth century fiction that braids satirical social critique with keen insight into human relationships. From the bustling streets of a London setting Engla...
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    19,22 €

  • The War o the Warlds
    H. G. Wells / HGWells / Sheena Blackhall
    'Naebody wid hae believed in the hinmaist years o the nineteenth century that this warld wis bein watched keen an close bi harns greater than man’s an yet as mortal as his ain... Yet ben the gap o space, harns that are tae oor harns as oors are tae thon o the breets that dee, intellects muckle an cweel an cauld, regairded thon erd wi jealous een, an slaw an siccar drew their pl...
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    18,68 €

  • An Englishman Looks At The World; Being A Series Of Unrestrained Remarks Upon Contemporary Matters
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    A sharp eye, a generous heart, and a restless curiosity about the world we inhabit. An Englishman Looks At The World gathers H. G. Wells’s unrestrained remarks on matters that still shape our public life.This collection offers a vivid map of turn of the century London, Edwardian Britain, and the broader currents of public discourse. Read as social commentary essays and politica...
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    21,73 €

  • The Time Machine
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
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    10,86 €

  • The War of the Worlds (Warbler Classics)
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    H. G. Wells’ classic alien invasion tale, The War of the Worlds, is one of science fiction’s most important novels. Humans are unprepared when an armada of warring Martians land in southeast England in gigantic cylinders and wreak havoc as they close in on London. The Martians use huge three-legged fighting machines armed with deadly heat rays, which Wells describes as 'this fl...
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    8,90 €

  • The Time Machine
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    The time machine is a science fiction novel by H.G. WELLS, published in 1895 and written as a frame narrative. The narrator feels differently, but the overwhelming message of the book can be construed as a warning against hubris and faith in progress. One important theme is that of class conflict. When the machine stops, in the year 802,701 AD, he finds himself in a paradisiaca...
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    11,70 €

  • H. G. Wells Double Feature - The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds (Reader’s Library Classics)
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    It never was a war, any more than there’s war between man and ants.Also available in a beautiful hardcover edition (ISBN: 9781954839038)Considered one of the father’s of Science Fiction, H. G. Wells was a prominent and influential author of the late 19th century and early 20th century. Two of his greatest novels come together in this paperback edition of The Time Machine and Th...
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    15,91 €

  • H. G. Wells Double Feature - The Invisible Man and The Island of Dr. Moreau (Reader’s Library Classics)
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    The crying sounded even louder out of doors. It was as if all the pain in the world had found a voice.Also available in a beautiful hardcover edition (ISBN: 9781954839014)Considered one of the father’s of Science Fiction, H. G. Wells was a prominent and influential author of the late 19th century and early 20th century. Two of his greatest novels come together in this paperback...
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    15,87 €

  • The War of the Worlds (Reader’s Library Classics)
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    It never was a war, any more than there’s war between man and ants.Humans vs. Martians. Conventional weapons vs. the dreaded Heat-Ray and poisonous black smoke. It’s not the survival of one person at stake. It is the survival of all humanity.A classic unlike anything the world had yet to see, The War of the Worlds takes you into late 19th century England where a full-scale Mart...
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    10,93 €

  • The Invisible Man (Reader’s Library Classics)
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    Alone-it is wonderful how little a man can do alone! To rob a little, to hurt a little, and there is the end.A curious man, wearing a long coat, a wide-brimmed hat, and whose face is entirely swathe in bandages save for an obvious fake pink nose, walks into an English inn to the shock of many of the townspeople. Beakers and chemicals in tow, the man demands his solitude. It’s s...
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    11,08 €

  • The Island of Doctor Moreau (Warbler Classics)
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    The Island of Doctor Moreau is a classic work of early science fiction and one of H. G. Wells’ most visionary novels. It recounts the harrowing ordeal of Edward Prendick, an Englishman who survives a shipwreck in the southern Pacific Ocean. Rescued by a man named Montgomery, Prendick finds himself on an island belonging to Dr. Moreau, formerly an eminent physiologist in London ...
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    8,18 €

  • The Island of Dr. Moreau
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    Shipwrecked in the south Pacific Ocean, Englishman Edward Prendick awakens aboard a ship where a man named Montgomery and his beastly looking servant were transporting animal cargo. Soon, they arrive on an island and more and more of these bizarre humanlike creatures appear. Prendick senses a sinister secret to the island after he meets with the owner, a one Dr. Moreau...The Is...
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    18,02 €

  • The Time Machine (Annotated Keynote Classics)
    H. G. Wells / HGWells / J. D. White / JDWhite / Michelle M. White / Michelle MWhite
    'For an indefinite time I clung to the machine as it swayed and vibrated, quite unheeding how I went, and when I brought myself to look at the dials again I was amazed to find where I had arrived.'Embark on a journey hundreds of thousands of years into the future on a homemade time machine! The Time Traveler discovers what he first perceives as a perfect pastoral landscape inha...
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    13,23 €

  • Anticipations Of The Reaction Of Mechanical And Scientific Progress Upon Human Life And Thought
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    What if the future was not a promise, but a warning? In Anticipations Of The Reaction Of Mechanical And Scientific Progress Upon Human Life And Thought, H. G. Wells peers boldly into the early 20th century, envisioning the profound impact of technology and scientific progress on the very fabric of society. Long before dystopian novels became a genre, Wells’s speculative fiction...
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    24,63 €

  • The Stolen Bacillus, And Other Incidents
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    Incisive, comic and oddly prophetic, The Stolen Bacillus, And Other Incidents gathers H. G. Wells’s earliest short fiction into a concentrated study of modern anxieties. Peculiar devices upset polite society. Across this short story anthology, Wells compresses clever premises into compact narratives that probe scientific curiosity, social manners and the uneasy intersection bet...
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    24,41 €

  • Mankind In The Making
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    A bracing challenge to complacency. The future is urgently negotiable.Mankind in the Making is a visionary nonfiction collection of early 20th century essays by H. G. Wells that reads today with the clarity of a pamphlet and the sweep of a manifesto. As classic social commentary, these pieces trace contests over progress and civilisation and set out social reform themes with un...
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    27,67 €

  • The island of Doctor Moreau ; a possibility
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve ...
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    11,44 €