num_pages: 930
description: Immensely popular during his lifetime H. G. Wells along with Jules Verne is credited with inventing science fiction. This new volume collects Wells' best-loved and most critically acclaimed works. In each the author grounds his fantastical imagination in scientific fact and conjecture while lacing his narrative with vibrant action not merely to tell a ripping yarn but to offer a biting critique on the world around him. The strength of Mr. Wells wrote Arnold Bennett lies in the fact that he is not only a scientist but a most talented student of character especially quaint character. He will not only ingeniously describe for you a scientific miracle but he will set down that miracle in the midst of a country village sketching with excellent humor the inn-landlady the blacksmith the chemists apprentice the doctor and all the other persons whom the miracle affects.
language: English
title: H.G. Wells: Seven Novels
publisher: Barnes & Noble