# The Time Machine (Heinemann text)

This is the "Heinemann text", the version that was published in Britain, and upon which most modern reprints are based. There are substantial textual differences between this and the American "Holt text". For details, see The Time Machine.
The Time Machine
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The Time Machine
An Invention
By H. G. Wells
London
William Heinemann
MDCCCXCV
NOTE.—The substance of the first chapter of this story and of several paragraphs from the context appeared in the 'National Observer' in 1894. The "Time Traveller's Story" appeared, almost as it stands here, in the pages of the 'New Review.' The Author desires to make the customary acknowledgements
To
WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY
CONTENTS
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* IIntroduction................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* IIThe Machine................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
* IIIThe Time Traveller Returns................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................17
* IVTime Travelling................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................27
* VIn the Golden Age................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37
* VIThe Sunset of Mankind................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................45
* VIIA Sudden Shock................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................56
* VIIIExplanation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................67
* IXThe Morlocks................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................86
* XWhen the Night Came................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................96
* XIThe Palace of Green Porcelain................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................107
* XIIIn the Darkness................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................118
* XIIIThe Trap of the White Sphinx................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................129
* XIVThe Further Vision................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................134
* XVThe Time Traveller’s Return................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................142
* XVIAfter the Story................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................145
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