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H. G. Wells continues to be widely read as a novelist, short story writer, and as the father of science fiction. Because he was deeply involved with the literary, social, and political issues of his time, a chronology of his life is in a sense a history of ideas in the 20th century. J. R. Hammond offers a definitive chronology of Wells that provides a fascinating insight into the background, life, and times of a major literary figure.
About the Author
J. R. Hammond is Research Fellow at Nottingham Trent University.
H. G. Wells Chronology FROM THE PUBLISHER
H. G. Wells continues to be widely read as a novelist, short story writer, and as the father of science fiction. Because he was deeply involved with the literary, social, and political issues of his time, a chronology of his life is in a sense a history of ideas in the 20th century. J. R. Hammond offers a definitive chronology of Wells that provides a fascinating insight into the background, life, and times of a major literary figure.
FROM THE CRITICS
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Hammond (Nottingham Trent U.) is president of the H. G. Wells Society and has written a major biography of him and a critical study of his short stories. Here he draws on diaries, letters, autobiographies, and other sources to create an often day-by-day account of Wells from his birth in 1866 to his death in 1946. He includes biographical sketches of principal characters and a primary bibliography. He says the broad interests and busyness of the British writer comprise a history of the transition from Victorian times to the Atomic age. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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