EAN: 9780141439976

WELLS H G - GEBRAUCHT THE TIME MACHINE (PENGUIN...

Wells's genre-defining novel of time travel When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the
year a.d. 802 701  he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty
contentment  and peace. Entranced at first by the Eloi  an elfin species descended from man  he
soon realizes that these beautiful people are simply remnants of a once-great culture-now weak
and childishly afraid of the dark. They have every reason to be afraid: in deep tunnels beneath
their paradise lurks another race descended from humanity-the sinister Morlocks. And when the
scientist's time machine vanishes  it becomes clear he must search these tunnels if he is ever
to return to his own era. This edition includes a newly established text  a full biographical
essay on Wells  a list of further reading  and detailed notes. Marina Warner's introduction
considers Wells's development of the scientific romance and places the novel in the context of
its time. For more than seventy years  Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic
literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1 700 titles  Penguin Classics
represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and
disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions
and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors  as well as up-to-date
translations by award-winning translators.

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