Complete Works of H.G. Wells HG (Illustrated)

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Features:
* no less than 30 novels - ALL of the famous classics and all with individual contents tables
* illustrated with many images relating to Wells’ life and works throughout the eBook
* annotated with introductory paragraphs to many of the novels and other works
* images from film adaptations of Wells’ work
* ALL the short story collections
* rare novels, and all formatted for your enjoyment
* the rare early short stories, including Wells’ very first published story "A Family Elopement"
* BONUS non-fiction texts, including the famous Little Wars, Floor Games and Wells’ renowned socialist essays
* enjoy hours upon hours of reading original stories like The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man
* even includes the BONUS text of fellow sci-fi writer J.D. Beresford's essay on Wells' works
* UPDATED with rare UNCOLLECTED STORIES and new contents tables for non-fiction texts

There is also a front no-nonsense contents table, allowing easy navigation around the enormous file. As with all Delphi Classics, the texts are arranged in chronological order, allowing a scholarly reading and appreciation of Wells’ works, which are also organised by genres. This is the definitive Kindle Edition of the great writer's FICTIONAL works.

Please note: due to copyright restrictions, 20 of Wells' later novels are not included. However, when they enter the Public Domain, they will be added as a free upgrade for customers that have purchased the eBook.

Have an old version? Then you're eligible for a FREE update. Please visit our Updates page at www.delphiclassics.com for more information!

Please also see our new collection 'The Complete Works of Jules Verne' - featuring the most comprehensive collection of Verne's works in English translation ever compiled.

Contents

The Novels
THE TIME MACHINE
THE CHRONIC ARGONAUTS
THE WONDERFUL VISIT
THE ISLAND OF DR MOREAU
THE WHEELS OF CHANCE
THE INVISIBLE MAN
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
WHEN THE SLEEPER WAKES
LOVE AND MR LEWISHAM
THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON
THE SEA LADY
THE FOOD OF THE GODS
KIPPS
A MODERN UTOPIA
IN THE DAYS OF THE COMET
THE WAR IN THE AIR
TONO-BUNGAY
ANN VERONICA
THE HISTORY OF MR POLLY
THE NEW MACHIAVELLI
MARRIAGE
THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS
THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN
THE WORLD SET FREE
THE PROPHETIC TRILOGY
BEALBY
THE RESEARCH MAGNIFICENT
MR. BRITLING SEES IT THROUGH
THE SOUL OF A BISHOP
JOAN AND PETER
THE UNDYING FIRE
THE SECRET PLACES OF THE HEART

The Short Story Collections
THE EARLY SHORT STORIES
THE STOLEN BACILLUS AND OTHER INCIDENTS
THE PLATTNER STORY AND OTHERS
TALES OF SPACE AND TIME
TWELVE STORIES AND A DREAM
THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND AND OTHER STORIES
UNCOLLECTED SHORT STORIES

The Short Stories
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIES
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIES

Literary Criticism
H.G. WELLS By J.D. Beresford

For more information and to see other titles, like 'The Complete Works of Jules Verne', please visit www.delphiclassics.com

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Features:
* no less than 30 novels - ALL of the famous classics and all with individual contents tables
* illustrated with many images relating to Wells’ life and works throughout the eBook
* annotated with introductory paragraphs to many of the novels and other works
* images from film adaptations of Wells’ work
* ALL the short story collections
* rare novels, and all formatted for your enjoyment
* the rare early short stories, including Wells’ very first published story "A Family Elopement"
* BONUS non-fiction texts, including the famous Little Wars, Floor Games and Wells’ renowned socialist essays
* enjoy hours upon hours of reading original stories like The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man
* even includes the BONUS text of fellow sci-fi writer J.D. Beresford's essay on Wells' works
* UPDATED with rare UNCOLLECTED STORIES and new contents tables for non-fiction texts

There is also a front no-nonsense contents table, allowing easy navigation around the enormous file. As with all Delphi Classics, the texts are arranged in chronological order, allowing a scholarly reading and appreciation of Wells’ works, which are also organised by genres. This is the definitive Kindle Edition of the great writer's FICTIONAL works.

Please note: due to copyright restrictions, 20 of Wells' later novels are not included. However, when they enter the Public Domain, they will be added as a free upgrade for customers that have purchased the eBook.

Have an old version? Then you're eligible for a FREE update. Please visit our Updates page at www.delphiclassics.com for more information!

Please also see our new collection 'The Complete Works of Jules Verne' - featuring the most comprehensive collection of Verne's works in English translation ever compiled.

Contents

The Novels
THE TIME MACHINE
THE CHRONIC ARGONAUTS
THE WONDERFUL VISIT
THE ISLAND OF DR MOREAU
THE WHEELS OF CHANCE
THE INVISIBLE MAN
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
WHEN THE SLEEPER WAKES
LOVE AND MR LEWISHAM
THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON
THE SEA LADY
THE FOOD OF THE GODS
KIPPS
A MODERN UTOPIA
IN THE DAYS OF THE COMET
THE WAR IN THE AIR
TONO-BUNGAY
ANN VERONICA
THE HISTORY OF MR POLLY
THE NEW MACHIAVELLI
MARRIAGE
THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS
THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN
THE WORLD SET FREE
THE PROPHETIC TRILOGY
BEALBY
THE RESEARCH MAGNIFICENT
MR. BRITLING SEES IT THROUGH
THE SOUL OF A BISHOP
JOAN AND PETER
THE UNDYING FIRE
THE SECRET PLACES OF THE HEART

The Short Story Collections
THE EARLY SHORT STORIES
THE STOLEN BACILLUS AND OTHER INCIDENTS
THE PLATTNER STORY AND OTHERS
TALES OF SPACE AND TIME
TWELVE STORIES AND A DREAM
THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND AND OTHER STORIES
UNCOLLECTED SHORT STORIES

The Short Stories
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIES
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIES

Literary Criticism
H.G. WELLS By J.D. Beresford

For more information and to see other titles, like 'The Complete Works of Jules Verne', please visit www.delphiclassics.com

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The Invisible Man (Classic Series) with New Illustrated

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The Invisible Man is a science fiction novella by H.G. Wells published in 1897. Wells' novel was originally serialised in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, and published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it absorbs and reflects no light and thus becomes invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but fails in his attempt to reverse the procedure. Instead, his plight becomes known.

When he attempts to enlist the aid of former acquaintance, he is betrayed. Griffin's attempt to begin a "Reign of Terror" by murdering his betrayer ends in his own death.

While its predecessors, The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau, were written using first-person narrators, in The Invisible Man Wells adopts a third-person objective point of view.

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The Invisible Man is a science fiction novella by H.G. Wells published in 1897. Wells' novel was originally serialised in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, and published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it absorbs and reflects no light and thus becomes invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but fails in his attempt to reverse the procedure. Instead, his plight becomes known.

When he attempts to enlist the aid of former acquaintance, he is betrayed. Griffin's attempt to begin a "Reign of Terror" by murdering his betrayer ends in his own death.

While its predecessors, The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau, were written using first-person narrators, in The Invisible Man Wells adopts a third-person objective point of view.

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The Invisible Man

Description

This version also includes bonus annotations on:

- information on the historical context of the book
- general synopsis
- detailed biography of the author


The Invisible Man is a science fiction novella by H.G. Wells published in 1897. Wells' novel was originally serialised in Pearson's Magazine in 1897, and published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who theorises that if a person's refractive index is changed to exactly that of air and his body does not absorb or reflect light, then he will be invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but cannot become visible again, becoming mentally unstable as a result.

The book starts in the English village of Iping in West Sussex, as curiosity and fear are started up in the inhabitants when a mysterious stranger arrives to stay at the local inn, The Coach and Horses. The stranger wears a long, thick coat, gloves, his face is hidden entirely by bandages, large goggles, and a wide-brimmed hat. The stranger is extremely reclusive and demands to be left alone, spending most of his time in his room working with a set of chemicals and laboratory apparatus, only venturing out at night. He quickly becomes the talk of the village as he unnerves the locals.

Meanwhile, a series of mysterious burglaries occur in the village in which the victims catch no sight of the thief. One morning when the innkeepers pass the stranger's room, they enter in curiosity when they notice the stranger's clothes are scattered all over the floor but the stranger is nowhere to be seen. The furniture seems to spring alive and the bedclothes and a chair leap into mid-air and push them out of the room. Later in the day Mrs. Hall confronts the stranger about this, and the stranger reveals that he is invisible, removing his bandages and goggles to reveal nothing beneath. As Mrs. Hall flees in horror, the police attempt to catch the stranger, but he throws off all his clothes and escapes.

The Invisible Man flees to the downs, where he frightens a tramp, Thomas Marvel, with his invisibility and forces him to become his lab assistant. Together with Marvel, he returns to the village where Marvel steals the Invisible Man's books and apparatus from the inn while the Invisible Man himself steals the doctor's and vicar's clothes. But after the theft, Marvel attempts to betray the Invisible Man to the police, and the Invisible Man chases after him, threatening to kill him.

Marvel flees to the seaside town of Burdock where he takes refuge in an inn. The Invisible Man attempts to break in through the back door but he is overheard and shot by a black-bearded American, and flees the scene badly injured. He enters a nearby house to take refuge and dress his wound. The house turns out to belong to Dr. Kemp, whom the Invisible Man recognises, and he reveals to Kemp his true identity — Griffin, a brilliant medical student with whom Kemp studied at university.

Mr. Griffin explains to his old friend Kemp that after leaving university he was desperately poor. Determined to achieve something of scientific significance, he began work on an experiment to make people and objects invisible, using money stolen from his own father, who committed suicide after being robbed by his son. Griffin experimented with a formula that altered the refractive index of objects, which resulted in light not bending when passing through the object, thereby making it invisible. He performed the experiment using a cat, but when the cat's owner, Griffin's neighbor, realized the cat was missing, she made a complaint to their landlord, and Griffin wound up performing the invisibility procedure on himself to hide from them.

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This version also includes bonus annotations on:

- information on the historical context of the book
- general synopsis
- detailed biography of the author


The Invisible Man is a science fiction novella by H.G. Wells published in 1897. Wells' novel was originally serialised in Pearson's Magazine in 1897, and published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who theorises that if a person's refractive index is changed to exactly that of air and his body does not absorb or reflect light, then he will be invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but cannot become visible again, becoming mentally unstable as a result.

The book starts in the English village of Iping in West Sussex, as curiosity and fear are started up in the inhabitants when a mysterious stranger arrives to stay at the local inn, The Coach and Horses. The stranger wears a long, thick coat, gloves, his face is hidden entirely by bandages, large goggles, and a wide-brimmed hat. The stranger is extremely reclusive and demands to be left alone, spending most of his time in his room working with a set of chemicals and laboratory apparatus, only venturing out at night. He quickly becomes the talk of the village as he unnerves the locals.

Meanwhile, a series of mysterious burglaries occur in the village in which the victims catch no sight of the thief. One morning when the innkeepers pass the stranger's room, they enter in curiosity when they notice the stranger's clothes are scattered all over the floor but the stranger is nowhere to be seen. The furniture seems to spring alive and the bedclothes and a chair leap into mid-air and push them out of the room. Later in the day Mrs. Hall confronts the stranger about this, and the stranger reveals that he is invisible, removing his bandages and goggles to reveal nothing beneath. As Mrs. Hall flees in horror, the police attempt to catch the stranger, but he throws off all his clothes and escapes.

The Invisible Man flees to the downs, where he frightens a tramp, Thomas Marvel, with his invisibility and forces him to become his lab assistant. Together with Marvel, he returns to the village where Marvel steals the Invisible Man's books and apparatus from the inn while the Invisible Man himself steals the doctor's and vicar's clothes. But after the theft, Marvel attempts to betray the Invisible Man to the police, and the Invisible Man chases after him, threatening to kill him.

Marvel flees to the seaside town of Burdock where he takes refuge in an inn. The Invisible Man attempts to break in through the back door but he is overheard and shot by a black-bearded American, and flees the scene badly injured. He enters a nearby house to take refuge and dress his wound. The house turns out to belong to Dr. Kemp, whom the Invisible Man recognises, and he reveals to Kemp his true identity — Griffin, a brilliant medical student with whom Kemp studied at university.

Mr. Griffin explains to his old friend Kemp that after leaving university he was desperately poor. Determined to achieve something of scientific significance, he began work on an experiment to make people and objects invisible, using money stolen from his own father, who committed suicide after being robbed by his son. Griffin experimented with a formula that altered the refractive index of objects, which resulted in light not bending when passing through the object, thereby making it invisible. He performed the experiment using a cat, but when the cat's owner, Griffin's neighbor, realized the cat was missing, she made a complaint to their landlord, and Griffin wound up performing the invisibility procedure on himself to hide from them.

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H. G. Wells Classic Collection I

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The Time Machine: H.G. Wells' Groundbreaking Time Travel Tale, Classic Science Fiction

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Written by visionary H. G. Wells in 1894, The Time Machine is the seminal time travel tale, having spawned an entire genre of fiction and having inspired thousands of books, movies, and dreams. This classic novella marks the first use of the term time machine, and it portrays the first journey through time in a device that can be controlled precisely by its operator. The Time Machine was written as a serial in New Review magazine between 1894 and 1895, granting Wells the sum of $100 and the world a new dimension in which to dream.

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H.G. Wells: The Complete Short Story Collection

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H.G. Wells: Complete Short Story Collection is a anthology of works by the father of the science fiction genre. This selection includes 49 classic short stories from the father of the Science Fiction genre author H.G. Wells. Selections included in this anthology: A Deal in Ostriches, A Dream of Armageddon, A Moon Light Fable, A Slip Under the Microscope, A Story of Days to Come, A Story of the Stoneage, A Vision of Judgment, Aepyornis Island, Filmer, In the Avu Observatory, Jimmy Goggles the God, Miss Winchelsea's Heart, Mr. Brisher's Treasure, Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation, Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland, The Beautiful Suit, The Cone, The Country of the Blind, The Crystal Egg, The Diamond Maker, The Door in the Wall, The Empire of the Ants, The Flowering of the Strange Orchid, The Flying Man, The HammerPond Park Burglary, The Jilting of Jane, The Lord of the Dynamos, The Magic Shop, The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Moth, The New Accelerator, The Obliterated Man, The Plattner Story, The Purple Pileus, The Red Room, The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes, The Sea Raiders, The Star, The Stolen Bacillus, The Stolen Body, The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost, The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham, The Treasure in the Forest, The Triumphs of a Taxidermist, The Truth About Pyecraft, The Valley of Spiders, Through a Window, Under the Knife, Zoological Retrogression,

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