H. G. Wells: which book should you start with?

The most accessible of the author's books in our catalogue.

H. G. WellsThe Time MachineAn inventor sets out a theory of time as a fourth dimension, then vanishes in a machine of his own making. He returns exhausted to describe the year 802,701, a world of gardens inhabited by a frail and idle people, the Eloi. Other creatures live below the surface, and he…Read bilingually →

• The War of the Worlds
• Ann Veronica
• The Island of Doctor Moreau