Penguin Classics – The Time Machine (Paperback)

The Penguin English Library Edition ofThe TimeMachineby H. G. Wells

‘Great shapes like big machines rose out of the dimness, and cast grotesqueblack shadows, in which dim spectral Morlocks sheltered from the glare’

Chilling, prophetic and hugely influential,The Time Machineseesa Victorian scientist propel himself into the year 802,701 AD, where he isdelighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty and contentment inthe form of the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man. But he soon realizesthat they are simply remnants of a once-great culture – now weak and living interror of the sinister Morlocks lurking in the deep tunnels, who threaten hisvery return home. H. G. Wells defined much of modern science fiction with this1895 tale of time travel, which questions humanity, society, and our place onEarth.

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About the Author

H.G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist whopublished more than a hundred books, including pioneering science fictionnovels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration.

He was afounding member of numerous movements including Liberty and PEN International -the world’s oldest human rights organization – and his Rights of Man laid thegroundwork for the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Wells’controversial and progressive views on equality and the shape of a truly developednation remain directly relevant to our world today.

He was, in BertrandRussell’s words, ‘an important liberator of thought and action’.