The Classics Illustrated comic book series began life in 1941 with its first issue, Alexandre Dumas’ "The Three Musketeers", and has since included over 200 classic tales released around the world. Wells, theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the story.
This edition also includes a biography of H. A champion of social and political ideas, he also ran for Parliament as a Labour Party candidate between 1922 and 192 The visionary author, sociologist, journalist, and historian breathed his last on 13 August 1946, aged 79.Well's classic tale tells the story of the unnamed time traveler, who travels thousands of years into the future, where he encounters the strange, child-like people, the Eloi, and the terrifying underground race, the Morlocks.Ĭlassics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. Published in 1920, The Outline of History is regarded as Wells' best-selling work. Wells' successive books, often termed as 'scientific romances' included The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897) and The War of the Worlds (1898) Wells' works reflected the need for a society that flourished on the ideas and principles of global socialism. The story of an English scientist developing a time travel machine earned him the title of Father of Futurism. In 1895, following the publication of The Time Machine, Wells became an overnight sensation. All through, Wells nursed the secret desire to become a writer someday. Later, he won a scholarship to the Normal School of Science (later, the Royal College) where he learned about astronomy, biology, chemistry, and physics, among other subjects.
As a teenager, Wells worked as a draper's assistant but eventually quit. Later, when his mother returned to working as a maidservant in a country house in Sussex, Wells found himself in the owner's magnificent library, immersed in the works of stalwarts like Jonathan Swift, Charles Dickens, Sir Thomas More, Plato, Daniel Defoe and others.
His father would bring him books from the local library and Wells would spend hours devouring the written word. It was during this time that an avid reader was born. In 1874, Wells, the son of domestic helpers-turned-shopkeepers, had an accident that left him bedridden for months. HERBERT GEORGE WELLS was born on 21 September 1866, in Bromley, England.
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