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Herbert George Wells, better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man and The Island of Doctor Moreau. He was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, and produced works in many different genres, including contemporary novels, history, and social commentary. He was also an outspoken socialist. His later works become increasingl... (more)

 

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edavis2834
edavis2834
on May 13, 2009 at 19:28

Where, I say where is "The Outline of History" by H. G. Wells?



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The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

by Herbert George Wells

The War of the Worlds (1898), by H. G. Wells, is an early science fiction novel which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. It is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an alien invasion of Earth, and has influenced many ...

The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man

by H. G. Wells

The Invisible Man is an 1897 science fiction novella by H.G. Wells. 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 ...

The Time Machine

The Time Machine

by Herbert George Wells

The book's protagonist is an amateur inventor or scientist living in London who is never named; he is identified simply as The Time Traveller. Having demonstrated to friends using a miniature model that time is a fourth dimension, and that a suita...

The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Island of Dr. Moreau

by Herbert George Wells

Edward Prendick is shipwrecked in the Pacific. Rescued by Doctor Moreau's assistant he is taken to the doctor's island home where he discovers the doctor has been experimenting on the animal inhabitants of the island, creating bizarre proto-humans...

La Guerre des mondes

La Guerre des mondes

by Herbert George Wells

Les martiens attaquent... Voici l'un des premiers classiques du «space opera» en science-fiction moderne. Vous connaissez tous ce grand roman, récemment à nouveau adapté au cinéma. Voici un petit extrait pour vous «mettre en bouche», une vivante d...

Tales of Space and Time

Tales of Space and Time

by Herbert George Wells

A collection of short stories: "The Crystal Egg", "The Star", "A Story of the Stone Age", "A Story of the Days to Come" & "The Man who could Work Miracles"

La Machine à explorer le temps

La Machine à explorer le temps

by Herbert George Wells

Qui ne connaît pas l'intrigue de ce roman ? La terre en l'an 8701 a les apparences d'un paradis. Les apparences seulement. Car derrière ces jardins magnifiques, ces bosquets somptueux, cet éternel été où les hommes devenus oisifs n'ont à se préocc...

The Sleeper Awakes

The Sleeper Awakes

by Herbert George Wells

The Sleeper Awakes is H. G. Wells's wildly imaginative story of London in the twenty-second century and the man who by accident becomes owner and master of the world. In 1897 a Victorian gentleman falls into a sleep from which he cannot be waked. ...

The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost

The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth

The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth

by Herbert George Wells

Two scientists devise a compound that produces enormous plants, animals — and humans! The chilling results are disastrous.

The First Men in the Moon

L'Homme invisible

L'Homme invisible

by Herbert George Wells

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 fu...

A Dream of Armageddon

L'Île du docteur Moreau

L'Île du docteur Moreau

by Herbert George Wells

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 d...

The Chronic Argonauts

The Chronic Argonauts

by Herbert George Wells

This brief story begins with a third-person account of the arrival of a mysterious inventor to the peaceful Welsh town of Llyddwdd. Dr. Nebogipfel takes up residence in a house sorely neglected after the deaths of its former inhabitants. The main ...

The Star

In the Days of the Comet

In the Days of the Comet

by H. G. Wells

A fantastic tale of the world's beauty and unity after the Great Change occurs.

Au temps de la comète

Au temps de la comète

by Herbert George Wells

Ou de l'influence de certains phénomènes célestes sur les sentiments humains. Willie et Nettie font l'expérience d'une rencontre éphémère entre notre terre et une comète. Mais comment évolueront-ils, ainsi que la société qui les entoure, à la curi...

A Modern Utopia

A Modern Utopia

by Herbert George Wells

In A Modern Utopia, two travelers fall into a space-warp and suddenly find themselves upon a Utopian Earth controlled by a single World Government.

La Guerre dans les airs

La Guerre dans les airs

by Herbert George Wells

Ce roman nous décrit une guerre mondiale, en 1908, conçue par un stratège de génie, H.G. Wells, qui invente l'arme absolue : les dirigeables géants, véritables porte-avions, d'où prennent leur vol les «Drachenflieger» de bombardement. Ainsi, l'All...

The Empire of the Ants

Les Premiers hommes dans la Lune

Les Premiers hommes dans la Lune

by H. G. Wells

Bedford et Cavor, grâce à la «Cavorite», voyagent jusqu'à la lune, et découvrent les Sélénites. L'aventure ne fait que commencer...

The World Set Free

The World Set Free

by Herbert George Wells

THE WORLD SET FREE was written in 1913 and published early in 1914, and it is the latest of a series of three fantasias of possibility, stories which all turn on the possible developments in the future of some contemporary force or group of forces...

Miss Waters

Star-begotten

Star-begotten

by Herbert George Wells

Star Begotten is a 1937 novel by H. G. Wells. It tells the story of a series of men who conjecture upon the possibility of the human race being altered by Martians to replace their own dying planet. The protagonist of the story Joseph Davis, who i...

A Slip Under the Microscope

The Magic Shop

The Country of the Blind

The Crystal Egg

The Door in the Wall

The Wheels of Chance

The Sea Raiders

The Man Who Could Work Miracles

The Valley of Spiders

El país de los ciegos

Under the Knife

Jimmy Goggles the God

The Obliterated Man

The Truth About Pyecraft

The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes

In the Avu Observatory

The Red Room

La Burlesque Équipée du cycliste

The New Accelerator

The Moth

The Diamond Maker

Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland

The Stolen Bacillus

The Beautiful Suit

The Stolen Body

The Cone

The Flowering of the Strange Orchid

Æpyornis Island

Filmer

The Treasure in the Forest

The Lord of the Dynamos

The Jilting of Jane

The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham

Mr. Brisher's Treasure

Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation

The Plattner Story

Miss Winchelsea's Heart

The Purple Pileus

Le Trésor de M. Brisher

The History of Mr Polly

The History of Mr Polly

by H. G. Wells

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 existenc...

Ann Veronica

Ann Veronica

by H. G. Wells

Dealing with political issues of the time the novel was written and concentrating specifically on feminist issues, through the course this novel the heroine matures from an innocent and naïve girl to a representative of the New Woman.