Unique survivant d'un naufrage, Edward Prendick est recueilli sur une île des mers du sud par un personnage singulier: le docteur Moreau. Il découvre avec effroi que l'île est peuplée de créatures monstrueuses, mi-hommes mi-bêtes, vivant sous la domination de Moreau et de Montgomery, son assistant...

This huge collection of H.G. Wells' writing, contains 149 separate works, including his famous novels of Science Fiction: 'The War of the Worlds', 'The Time Machine' and 'The Invisible Man', along with many others listed here below.H.G.Wells earned his fame due to the remarkable prescience and realism of his science fiction stories, but he was also a highly accomplished writer of romantic novels, as well as a prolific author of short stories and political essays dealing with the is...

The Time Machine is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, published in 1895. Wells is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. The term "time machine", coined by Wells, is now almost universally used to refer to such a vehicle. The Time Machine has since been adapted into two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book...

H.G. Wells The Island of Doctor Moreau (Illustrated)

L'Home Invisible és una de les novel·les de ciència-ficció més famoses de tots els tems. Narra la història d'un científic jove i ambiciós que investiga com es pot fer tornar invisibles els objectes i els éssers vius. Allò que al principi sembla un descobriment extraordinari es transforma en un malson que el convertirà en un home solitari i desesperat, a punt de tornar-se boig. Esdeveniments fantàstics, persecucions i molta acció conviuen en una aventura que ens parla de l'amistat i l'egois...

Mr Polly is an ordinary middle-aged man who is tired of his wife's nagging and his dreary job as the owner of a regional gentleman's outfitters. Faced with the threat of bankruptcy, he concludes that the only way to escape his frustrating existence is by burning his shop to the ground, and killing himself. Unexpected events, however, conspire at the last moment to lead the bewildered Mr Polly to a bright new future – after he saves a life, fakes his death, and escapes to a life of heroism,...

Uscito nel 1905 e accolto con entusiasmo tanto da richiedere otto ristampe nel solo primo anno, questo testo evidenzia il convincimento di Wells che nessuna opera di rifondazione societaria sia possibile senza procedere prima a un rinnovamento intellettuale dell’uomo. Troviamo quindi i “New Republicans” (la Repubblica di Platone è un evidente modello per Wells in questa fase) come araldi di quello statalismo elitario che sarà spesso prevalente. I “New Republicans” evolveranno nei ...

Bert Smallways è un ragazzo insoddisfatto, per certi versi anonimo, che sogna di uscire dal piccolo ambiente in cui vive. Ma il suo orizzonte è così limitato che anche i suoi sogni sono piccoli. Curioso ed entusiasta dei nuovi mezzi di locomozione, riesce a comprarsi una motocicletta e con un amico fonda un’impresa di noleggio di biciclette. Per uno strano intrecciarsi di circostanze si trova a volare intorno al mondo su una macchina volante, dalla quale assiste a immani distruzioni, prima...

Le savant Griffin, après 15 ans de recherches et des dépenses qui l'ont ruiné, invente une formule pour devenir invisible. Après avoir fait l'expérience sur le chat de sa voisine, il décide d'expérimenter la formule sur lui même, notamment pour fuir ses créanciers (loyer non payé pour cause de manque d'argent et accusé de vivisection sur le chat de sa voisine; ce qui est faux). Il devient alors totalement invisible.

"In the Days of the Comet" (1906) is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells in which humanity is "exalted" when a comet causes "the nitrogen of the air, the old azote," to "change out of itself" and become "a respirable gas, differing indeed from oxygen, but helping and sustaining its action, a bath of strength and healing for nerve and brain." The result: "The great Change has come for evermore, happiness and beauty are our atmosphere, there is peace on earth and good will to all men."

This Work contains an active table of contents (HTML), which makes reading easier to make it more enjoyable. "Over me, about me, closing in on me, embracing me ever nearer, was the Eternal, that which was before the beginning and that which triumphs over the end; that enormous void in which all light and life and being is but the thin and vanishing splendour of a falling star, the cold, the stillness, the silence, - the infinite and final Night of space." - H. G. Wells, The First Men in th...

Illustrated Edition: Features 20 stunning illustrations that bring the eerie and mysterious world of the Invisible Man to life.Includes a Comprehensive Summary: Dive deep into the narrative with a detailed summary that captures the essence of the story.Character List: Get to know the characters inside out with a comprehensive list, enhancing your reading experience.Author Biography: Expl...